Live like it’s spring!
Live like it’s spring! A couple of weeks ago a friend living in Berlin asked a very simple question, “How is the weather?” “Getting warm and dusty because the leaves are falling and the flowers have pollen,” I told her. “Oh, isn’t it the spring season?” she asked. This Monday began the Zoroastrian New Year Nuvroz which also marks the spring and of course Google Baba announced the onset of spring the same day, although the Hindus had already celebrated Basant Panchami, their spring festival , on the 5 th of February. I do not know whether nature is confused, is confusing us or our calendars need to be redone. Just look outside. It appears as if most of the trees have shed their old leaves. They look like they are wearing new cover. Yet the fresh tender green sprigs divert your attention from the pale, dry, crunching piles of their predecessors on the ground, proof that the trees are still in the process of taking off their old garb. The flower beds with plants stoopi...