| March is a fickle month, the start of spring, with teasingly warm days and then chilly blasts straight from the Yukon. Where we live, March means mud season, town meeting, and maple sugaring; time to bake bread, make cock-a-leekie soup, and concoct spring tonics. From our New England village (population 560) to your community (whatever the size), we offer the following in this issue: |