Weather or Not

Ahhh spring!

This morning it smelled like early spring. The ground was wet and the air was misty.
No leaves on the trees, brown grass...otherwise gloomy. But the smell. Just like late March or early April when the winter is finally over and spring/summer is just around the corner.

Nothing like spring. The trees are about to burst with bloom. The flowers are thinking about beginning to appear. And the thought of planting summer tomatoes is almost too much to bear. Let alone the boat and the beach and shorts and sandals.

So many problems. So much to fix. So few inspirations. Afghanistan. Iraq. Wall Street. Blagojevich. Brittney Spears. Branjolina. Detroit...

On and on...

But thoughts of spring. It helps.

Everything that we face, collectively as a society and individually...everything needs a new beginning. That's what Obama seems to bring. A new beginning. Wall Street needed a new beginning. Bernie Madoff's investors need a new beginning. The Illinois state government needs a new beginning. Detroit needs an ending and then a beginning. We all need it.

Obama will certainly disappoint. Some godawful scandal will derail his presidency. He'll be caught with another woman (or man). Michele will be found to be gay, or worse, a closet Republican. They'll chose the wrong dog.

But until then we can smile and hope for the best and when all else fails, and history says failure will come, we can, at least dream of spring.

Bring on the daffodils...!

Ahhhhhh.....