Spring by Ali Smith

“April. It teaches us everything. The coldest and nastiest days of the year can happen in April. It won’t matter. It’s April....Month of sacrifice and month of playfulness. Month of restoration, of fertility-festivity....in Gaelic its name means that fools mistake for May. April Fool’s Day also probably marks what was the old end of the new year celebrations. Winter has Epiphany. Spring’s gifts are different.”