There are certain days during a year that resonate in our minds. For the most part, these events involve either people or places. Only they transcend our differences because they give life to everyone. I like people, sports, and spring, in that order.
Spring provides the feel-good days between the smothering of summer and the strangling of winter.
Pick your temperature and pick your time of day. I choose 60 degrees, late afternoon. The park was swollen with people. The majority of patrons seemed younger than me, perhaps a conglomeration of grade schoolers and high schoolers playing basketball, baseball and tennis before dinner. After making and missing a few, the boy glared in my direction with a sly smile.