SPRING IN MY STEP

Spring is on its way!

I really felt it for the first time today. I was on my way back from an audition this morning and the sun was shining so brightly I had to roll down my car window to let some of the heat out; the air was so mild, so full of promise that I rolled the window down ALL the way and drove home like that.

I enticed Mrs. M to bring Little M out for coffee with me; we sat at the Corporate Masters' Cafe and enjoyed the sun streaming in from the windows, and afterwards walked around a little in the fresh air.

I could smell the approaching Spring, as if it had sent airborne heralds of its coming to wash over me with gentle, playful winds. The sun was overhead in the clear blue sky, I smelled the damp of melting snow and emerging humid grass and a slight tinge of the sea-- brought over the mountains just for us, special delivery.

To say that I adore Spring is to say that a man lost in the desert for weeks adores water. I try to put a brave face on Winter, with its secret quiet hush; its cold, sometimes cruel drama; its merciless pervasiveness, only because I know that eventually Spring must come.

And today I felt in my bones that it is very close, that it is almost here. My heart leapt for joy; my face broke into a smile to reflect the sunshine; I skipped (more than usual!) along happily.

I shared with my family; "Lookit! Lookit!" I wanted to say. "Just LOOKIT the...the Emergence all around you!" Little M is too young to know but Mrs. M knew exactly what I meant. She loves Spring too, though perhaps not as exuberantly as I.

It's not official yet, the Equinox hasn't come, but I'll say it now anyway: Happy Spring, everyone. Go buy some flowers for yourself or someone else. Think of it as encouraging the season to come just that much sooner.

Posted by Agent M at February 23, 2004 01:49 PM