December is the darkest and quietest month of the year. Winter spends its final days in silence, guarding the seeds of the many summer and autumn fruits, waiting for the light to slowly make them germinate, restoring them to a thousand lives.Giuseppe Ungaretti writes: “Like a seed, my soul also […]
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In the 1960s, a rhyme was taught to elementary school children to help them learn the names of the months. For March, the nursery rhyme went, “March, mad fellow, if there is sun, take the umbrella,” highlighting the unpredictable nature of early spring weather, often marked by temperature fluctuations and […]