Teaser

The last two days constitute a mirage. One of those classic stretches that feels like spring, sunny with temps approaching 70. And then--poof!--it's gone. Tomorrow we'll be back to temps in the low 40s, which still ain't bad for this time of year.

But days like today are so tantalizingly fleeting. They make you feel like you've skipped several weeks of nasty weather and depressing conditions. It's important not to get sucked in to that false sense of reality. Because it never lasts for long.

And it can happen in the spring as well, only with a tease of summer weather. I remember going to a Red Sox game in late May a few years ago and it was 90 degrees, totally out of nowhere. And sure enough, right after that, the weather went into a rainy, miserable stretch for another month or so. That sort of tease is even more cruel because you feel like the weather should be that warm once you get into June.

Living in New England should condition us to expect the unexpected, but we never do. These kinds of days get our hopes up, and then they come crashing down. So we tend to just try to enjoy them by killing our brains with beer.