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Welcome Spring

Welcome Spring

in a world gone mad...

Mar 21, 2025
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Hello,

Every spring, as seeding and weeding and pruning and potting accelerate, I think of this short essay that I wrote several years ago and it’s all brand new again.

“Come, gentle Spring! ethereal Mildness! come”
–James Thomson

Funny, I always remember this quote as “ethereal madness” … and am surprised to look it up and find that Mr. Thomson, a florid…

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