Welcome to The Big Jewel, playing all the best soft and contemporary hits -- which, translated, means we don't play any music at all. This week we are proud to welcome Lincoln Michel to our pages for the first time. And because we also take great pride in being way behind the times, we celebrate the beginning of summer with his touching tribute to spring: "Spring Has Sprung!" By Lincoln Michel Dear readers, I awoke this morning to the sound of a small bird chirping his heart out on my window sill: the sound of Spring. Then I heard the sound of my cat, Timbers, snapping the bird's spine like a sprig of celery. That was the sound of Nature... For the full article please visit http://www.thebigjewel.com/ To unsubscribe from The Big Jewel's Hilarious Weekly Email please send an email with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to neilpasricha@xxxxxxxxx