Spring

There's something that happens when the weather turns warmer: everyone seems to have new springs in their steps, the cafes and restaurants fill up, people drive faster with their windows down and their radios louder. We don't have to hide anymore, from the weather. We have been released from our salt-choked prison and can once again see the sun. Every summer, just as we forget how bitter it can be in the middle of January, we face a similar surprise at the first warm day of spring. Oh, we say, I remember.

And in this memory, we throw open the windows, let light into our homes, and try to forget how it will be dark and freezing again in just 8 months' time.