Happy new year, those April Fools among you!

According to my old friend Pennell Rock (who was in the class ahead of me at Yale):

Did you know that before Pope Gregory in the sixteenth century, the new year used to begin on April 1? Those who did not get the message that the year now started on January 1 and continued to celebrate it with the arrival of spring came to be known as "April Fools."

And, as Pennell also says:

So all blessings and best wishes for the new year!

Learn more about Pennell and his life of sensitive reflection.