Attribution: Thomas Wolf (Der Wolf im Wald), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
By Bill Stokes
Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper and Phyllis in greeting this first day of SPRING—2026 and wondering if it is necessary to go beyond that simple observation for this Friday March 20 to just be one helluva great day!
Nothing pollyannish here, simply the facts of being present, upright—maybe with a little help, well fed, comfortably clothed, and not being shot at.
A thousand things stalk this day to turn it into a mishmash of cruelty and concerns and denying that possibility recalls that famous Scarlett line from Gone with the Wind: “I’ll think about it tomorrow!”
Happy Spring!
