Spring cleaning and the mental list of house chores still to accomplish today has been paused to record a pause in thought.

Pause the personal anxiety felt towards the state of our world and instead formally acknowledge the pause in spring-like weather. The landscape has returned again to a form of precipitation more inline with the winter season we still inhabit. The spring ephemerals emerging yesterday are continuing to push through; although, perhaps, paused in their urgency during their sudden encasement in snow.

A pause to reflect on the actions of nature creates a non-subtle reminder to cool the frustration and slow the mental flurry down, even as we spring forward.

March 8, 2026, -1ºC/30ºF
Snowfall is not unusual on the Canadian Prairies.
March 7, 2026, 15ºC/59ºF
Chinook winds hurried the emergence of Galanthus.
Even the Ladybugs were waking up.
March 7, 2026, Galanthus.
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