We are in the second-to-last month of the year, and the increasingly shorter days, made even more noticeable by the switch from summer to winter time and the arrival of autumn rains, make us long for a spot by the fireplace, perhaps with a pan full of chestnuts, their skins […]
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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 […]