The Seduction of Spring

It’s been warming up around here lately; right now it’s something like 36 outside (it’ll probably hit 40).  I have a brand new coat that is a bit heavier than say – a “spring coat” – but definitely lighter than a winter coat.  I guess it’s a fall coat, but around here there really is no distinction between spring and fall as far as temperature is concerned.  My question is I suppose twofold – when is it okay to hang up the winter coat, and if I do hang up the winter coat, is it okay to do so momentarily, knowing full well that I will have to start wearing it again a few days later?   Yes it’s warm, and I’m fine if I wear my winter coat in this balmy 40 degree weather, but I feel like I look foolish in the midst of my colleagues who have done away with winter wear for the time being, and donned hooded sweatshirts and blazers.  Of course there are people wearing shorts and sandals today, and obviously that is on a whole different side of “foolish,” so I want to fall somewhere in between, but still land in a “safe” place.  All the same, I feel like if I take that step forward to Spring, that step out of the cold, that I am doing so in bad faith.

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