Ken Baker: Calendar is not the best way to mark Spring's arrival Ken Baker, Ph.D. Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances. — Maya Angelou The day before the snow disappeared all across Ohio and the juncos abandoned us for the green coniferous forests of Canada, I bought another 50 pounds of snow melt at the Ace and two goodly bags of bird feed. Made no sense at all. I knew March was upon us and the bags would surely sit unopened on the back porch for nine months. They weren’t even on sale. Did the same thing last year.