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Springer
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007 by admiralAs any groundhog with a calendar can tell you, spring is springing. I am not sure that it means anything. Only part of the Earth’s inhabited surface even has seasons. It means something to us. For us, it is worth getting the groundhog out of bed to say when it is coming. Then we look to the calendar to see when spring arrives, so why did we upset the poor groundhog?
This change of seasons, void where prohibited by latitude, is the birth of the new year. The reason why we start the calendar year in the dead part of the year, Winter, escapes me right now. I can see ending the year when the old year dies away into the darkness of winter. Maybe it is that we measure the year by the stars and not by the Earth. The winter solstice, longest night of the year, is in the month of December so it is the month in which the darkening of the year ends.
January would be the first full month after this darkening turns to lightening. Past the winter solstice, days grow longer until you reach the summer solstice. Each of the equinoxes marks one of the other two seasons. So, I think the year is marked by the months closer to something happening on the stars without a thought given to what happens on the Earth. Of course we do not live off the Earth’s surface just yet.
Back to my point, the new year is finally getting out of its egg shell. Green is coming back to the surface of the Earth. Darkness has vanished into the past. Even stand up philosophers are getting out into the sunlight now. Soon we’ll be dropping by the groundhog’s house for a spot or two of tea.
So, between all night gaming sessions, spend some time in that virtual place called your real life. Execute a suspend command and go for a walk while your organic legs still work. Leave the climate controlled tech womb for a little bit. Spring has sprung. Have you been sprung yet?
