Which of the senses convinces you most strongly that it is spring?
Sight, for my eyes show me that the wishy-washy pink of the local male finches has turned to deep red.
Philip Stigger, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
• Sight, surely … walking along the street this morning I found the light different to that of a few days ago and the daylight stretches way past six o’clock in the evening.
Angela Blazy-O’Reilly, Villeneuve-la-Comptal, France
• It is the sound of thunder and the smell of petrichor that heralds the arrival of the rainy season.
Stuart Williams, Lilongwe, Malawi
• Reading that it is autumn in the northern hemisphere.
John Benseman, Auckland, New Zealand
• In England, scent: snowdrops and daffodils. In Australia, sight: the welcome swallows returning and swooping along the verandah.
Ursula Nixon, Bodalla, NSW, Australia
• The sense of smell that evokes a sensuous memory, even in the heart of the city.
Richard Orlando, Westmount, Quebec, Canada
• Definitely the sensory; spring in Sydney brings me chronic hay fever.
Jenefer Warwick James, Paddington, NSW, Australia
• Smell and the elementary aroma of warmed earth wafting on the zephyr of a sunny English April morning.
Jamie Etherington, Ellinbank, Victoria, Australia
• Hearing – when the noise of snow removal vehicles ceases, no longer waking me at 3am.
Catherine Andreadis, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• Common.
David Bishop, Stirling, South Australia
• Sight – seeing the calendar showing September 1st.
Pat Phillips, Adelaide, South Australia
Correction fluid can help
How do you right wrongs?
You don’t always succeed, but heroes like Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela combined the courage of a lion with the perseverance of a mule.
David Isaacs, Sydney, Australia
• By learning from one’s mistakes and bettering one’s judgment.
R De Braganza, Kilifi, Kenya
• Be true.
Charlie Bamforth, Davis, California, US
• You’d need a left turn for that.
Bryan Smith, Sweaburg, Ontario, Canada
• Serious wrongs are indelible.
Lawrie Bradly, Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia
• Stand them sunny side up.
Roger Morrell, Perth, Western Australia
• Love keeps no record of wrongs.
Maria Linke, Munich, Germany
• I use correction fluid.
David Tucker, Halle, Germany
• Rights!
Alistair Humphrey, Canterbury, New Zealand
• In democracies, by voting next time to correct the error made the last time.
Adrian Betham, London, UK
• I quickly warm up some revolting humble pie, pour on the Tabasco liberally, and down the hatch it all goes.
RM Fransson, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, US
• Rong.
Nicholas Martin, Auckland, New Zealand
Any answers?
How will future generations view history?
E Slack, L’Isle Jourdain, France
What kind of person would you have been, had you been born to the right people?
R De Braganza, Kilifi, Kenya
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