Natural Cycles

Sun migration from 31 December (left) to 9 April (right). (submitted photo) Bill Cook, MSU Extension Forester/Biologist, retired ESCANABA – Why does the new year begin when it does, near the middle of winter? There appears to be neither rhyme nor reason to the selection.  Sure, the Caesar dynasty messed with the calendar.  Why?  I suppose because they could.  They were…