January, the Month With Two Faces

2021 means we have to be able to look in both directions

Photo by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona on Unsplash

Janus, the double-faced Roman deity, gives us the name January

Or maybe not: Wikipedia points out that while “conventional belief” holds that the first month of the year is named after Janus, ancient Roman farmer’s almanacs said it was named in…