Is May the best month? Every year I get to March with gasping relief that the piercing cold is gone but it is only 60 days later that you can relax - just yesterday there was snow and hail...the size of corn kernels, too. No canned hams or golf balls but definitely corn. The crocus is done and lily of the valley is on its way. Even the annual two day ant infestation of the house is over. I should mow by Monday.

But April was kind, too. How many times did the Red Sox win in the last few innings, coming from behind or, like last night, waiting for the starter to fade so that they might attack his team mate - the unfortunate signing, the untested prospect or the fading star? Going 17-12 in an April that started in Japan is neither fluke nor overheated. Who would have thought May's games against Tampa Beelzebubbians, Baltimore or KC would have meaning?