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Rites of spring

The grim and the cruel months

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Jared Wyllys
Feb 20, 2025
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A writer I really like said recently that February is “the grimmest month,” and that during this month “sometimes it’s hard to keep your spirits up.”

T.S. Eliot called April the cruelest month.

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