Hello and a warm welcome to all our readers. March has arrived and so too a new issue of the Voice for Arran. It truly felt like spring here yesterday, the sun bright, deepening the colours of the crocuses, and warming this corner of the world. Today it feels like a little lapse back into winter, including trying to take in the grim news of war breaking out in the Middle East this weekend. It has once again dropped me into life's constant ebb and flow, of hope and despair, joy and sorrow, and the ongoing task of finding a way to make space for all these. So without covering over the dark shadow of conflict, there is much in this issue, news from the past weeks and events to look forward to, to pull us tentatively, or firmly, into the brightness of the season.