The January Man and the rolling seasons

The seasons roll round. We have this idea of  days and months - it's the New Year. At the same time, a warm December makes it feel like early spring some mornings (when the rain isn't horizontal.) The seasons are the engines of natural change, uncontrollable, beyond our compass. Over this seething roll of energies, we throw nets of human meaning, such as "New Year's Day" or "January."

Here's Bert Jansch's beautiful song, in a version by Lau and Karine Polwart, to take us through the year. I hope you have a good 2016.