It’s official, spring is formally here. In 2023, spring technically started at 5:24pm Eastern time on Monday, March 20. The official start of spring does not occur on the same day every year, but it always falls on either March 19, 20 or 21 in the northern hemisphere. This determination

“The winds of March,” that phrase has certainly proven true for central Pennsylvania in the last few days. It seems that anything that has not been tied down has been scattered all over the yard. Trash cans litter the highways creating a virtual driving obstacle course. March is known for

Sunday, March 12, 2023 is the annual “Blessing with a Curse Day” (A Pastor Mike phrase). Exactly at 2:00am on Sunday morning the time will change, springing forward one hour. The time change in effect means that we will lose one hour of sleep, a 23hr. day = “the curse.”

The scene is so familiar to us that we do not capture the ramifications of what is happening. You are driving and a police officer is standing in the middle of the road directing traffic; a school crossing guard, often an elderly person, causes you to stop to allow children