THE SEASON OF NEW LIFE - As the days get longer and the sun moves higher in the sky, slowly the Arctic jet-stream that brought forth our record cold temperatures retreats northward. Finally, the Spring of 2026 is becoming free to unfold. The vernal season is a notoriously fickle one in our part of the world and this year is a perfect example, oscillating warm and cold, sun and cloud, three steps forward, two steps back. With the recent warming trend it now looks like the myri