I felt a warm breeze flow today.  It hit me in the face.  I enjoyed it.  Perhaps this is a portent of better days to come.

Saturday Carrie, my dear wife, and I ran across snow…albeit a smattering…on the ground in the mountains of both Virginia and West Virginia.  At one stop, a SHEETZ station, Carrie got out of the car, looked at the snow on the ground and purposefully rolled her eyes.  She was there for three minutes and she had enough.  So did I.  We went from reasonably warm, including a  77 degree day on Thursday, to wind-chills that I hate to think what they registered.  It was COLD.

Today’s breeze was warm.  Thankfully.

Spring is an optimistic time.  New life.  New flowers.  New chances.  New reasons to feel better.  New.  In some contexts that word seems very meaningful…new.  I’ve never had a brand new car.  I have had new shoes.  In fact, I got two pair of new shoes last week.  I plan on wearing one of them tomorrow.  I have tried a few new restaurants.  One of those was this past weekend.  It was a eatery in Huntington, WV.  Fat Patty’s is name of the place.  I had a great burger.  So did Carrie.  We have driven past the place countless times before and after Herd Football games.  Why did we stop in there?  Our regular old haunt closed.  It was a pizza place,  The place was always busy too.  I don’t know what happened to it.  Just one of those things.

Spring.  A new golf season.  I actually hope to get my clubs out of mothballs this Friday.  I might not.  I hope to.  My swing is sad.  I don’t care.

Enjoy this Spring.  Spring into whatever you need to.  And while you are at it…

speak the rights.

Danny Johnson