Listening to Spring

Two inches of snow fell overnight, and this morning I cranked up the snow blower and in short order cleared the drive and walks, though I probably could have done it just as easily and in only a bit more time with a shovel, it being a light snow. But this afternoon I’m thinking of spring, listening to spring, listening more specifically to Spring Training, listening to the first radio broadcast of the season, appropriately the world champion San Francisco Giants against the Arizona Diamondbacks, John Miller doing the play-by-play for San Francisco’s KNBR 680. John says the sun’s out in Scottsdale, only a few clouds, but cool at 62°. It’s a cold 27° here in Iowa City. But it sounds right now very much like spring.