Winter's Wrath, Spring's Splendor

THIS WAS ON MARCH 24, A FEW DAYS INTO OUR "SPRING," OUTSIDE MY OFFICE.

And from inside the foyer at my office building...

AND THIS IS OUTSIDE MY APARTMENT, ON SUNDAY, APRIL 13, ON A DAY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET IN TO THE DOUBLE DIGITS CENTIGRADE...

You can see the remnants of winter everywhere, still covering the brown grass, the leafless bushes...but the sun is shining, the thaw is under way, the warmth is winning the annual tug-of-war...

This constant and intense change is what we endure, being the stationary nomads that we are.

We don't move, but everything around us changes so dramatically that we might as well have traversed 1,000 miles.

What's that old saying? The more things change, the more they stay the same.