Lessons from a tumble down a flight of stairs, a hospital stay during the height of Covid, and 90 isolating days in a less-than-desirable care center.

Give Thanks
Springs
April 5, 2021

To the Editor:

“Ode to Spring,” Horace, “Odes,” Book 4, Number 7:

Diffugere nives, redeunt iam gramina campis

arboribus comae;

mutat terra vices et decrescentia ripas

flumina praetereunt. . . .

A translation for spring 2021:

The melted snows have fled the fields,

New grasses peek out, their strength returning.

The trees regain their leafy shields,

The bubbling streams start churning.

With warmer weather on the way and the increasing availability of vaccines, more vehicles are out on the roads, and with them come a small but increasing number of alcohol-related arrests.