Each time we turn on the news we’re assaulted by statistics about the corona virus. This blog is about the other spring fever – the one that’s defined as an increase in energy, vitality, and joy – a feeling of renewal associated with the end of winter.

Spring fever 2020 is not the spring fever of the past. With the Coronavirus dominating our awareness, 2020 has the feel of fear. We’re asked – no told – to stop personal interactive activities – to be selfless, careful, and considerate. Can we listen? Can we quell fear of the future, for the gift of time to enjoy the present? Nature’s signals are all about renewal. Are we listening?

In all things in life, there is a foreground and a background. Often what is happening in front of us is so prominent that it captures our attention and eclipses the backdrop that allows it to happen. While I create the words and pictures that become what you see, read, feel, and understand to be this weekly blog — behind the scene Nasha is the technical wizard who breathes life to it so it gets posted. This weekend she and Carlos are getting married. This is a toast to them — a moment to bring the beautiful background to the fore.

Daylight Saving Time (DST) officially begins this weekend — always on the second Sunday in March and ending on the first Sunday in November. Most of us learned the phrase, “spring forward, fall back” to remind us which way to adjust the clocks. Sunday at 2:00 a.m. we move clocks forward 1 hour. Changing watches and clocks is a small chore. Changing our internal clocks is trickier.