Every year around this time I ask the same question (See, “When it comes to welcoming spring, we stink“): Why can’t we come up with a way to celebrate the end of the dark months along the lines of Holi, when Hindus greet the turn of winter into spring with a splash of color.
If you want to start the tradition, today is your day. It occurs on the day of the March full moon.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins