Rich: Spring cometh forth

Spring has arrived, and it is a beautiful sight indeed.

It has been several years since we’ve truly had a spring.

Too often, cold winters have given way abruptly to hot, humid days. But this year feels different.

There is the softness of a mild sun, absent its usual merciless heat, while an occasional breeze drifts sweetly through the boughs of trees just beginning to burst with tiny green leaves.

On …