But today is a better story. Today reverses the normal winter order of things: It will be warm in the morning, colder later on. That's a relative "warm," you understand. Two layers instead of three. A run at 9 instead of noon.
Still, today's thaw is a reminder that we will not always have winter, that the ground will soften and slender green shoots will emerge.
Even thinking about this sends my internal temperature up a couple of degrees!