For, lo, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth;
The time of the singing of birds is come,
And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.
Ernie Harwell, the legendary baseball announcer, would recite those verses from Song of Solomon to kick off the baseball season for the Detroit Tigers on Opening Day. Sadly, the turtle has been silenced as the coronavirus pandemic has shut down Major League Baseball, canceling an unofficial holiday in Detroit.