Early springs

You can tell from the picture a couple of posts down that it's been a pretty mild winter so far in Durham, NC. John Valentine puts the mildness into easily understood terms.

January's spring means T-shirts and jeans on the clothes line by Saturday after breakfast will be dry by Sunday dinner.

January's spring means someone will leave the house for school in flip-flops and mittens.

January's spring means, yup, it is getting lighter. At the end of this month we've earned an extra 50 minutes of daylight, a full half hour in the evening.

January's spring means two stores on Ninth Street will have bright signs out front offering "Sleds for Sale" at the same time two other stores are having sales on T-shirts. The first sets of broccoli and lettuce are due in next week.

And when you're done with John's piece, scroll down the page to read Rick Cornell's tribute to Bryan Harvey.