Is it too soon to be nostalgic for all those soft, gentle Marches? Here’s hoping not
In the southern Australian cities where I’ve spent most of my life my birthday on the second day of autumn has always been synonymous with gentle seasonal transition.
In Sydney where I live now, March usually relieves us of the wicked humidity of January and February just as a soft russet dusts the canopies of the deciduous trees. The daybreak dog walk becomes a comforting joy, a soothing celebration of the dawn instead of summer’s sweaty race against the blazing sun through damp, hot air with panting animals.
But there’s been none of that this March where I am. Well, none of that except the footy, that is, where we’ve watched players in both codes struggle dangerously with temperatures into the mid- and high 40s. and oppressively humid. Autumn 2023 has so far been totally skewwhiff, its opening score devoid of its customary cadence and meter.When so much of emotional rhythm is seasonally influenced as it tends to be for many people it can be discombobulating when March comes by without bringing its usual atmospherics.On the buses and ferries and trains, in the dog parks and shops and on the streets, people complain about feeling unsettled, exhausted – about the “weirdness’’ of it.
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