In Moldova (and neighbouring countries), there’s a tradition that on March 1st, you give people you care about a mărțișor (muhrt-sea-shore) – a little red and white decoration. At the end of March, you tie all your mărțișors (mărțișoare) on a tree. One of the stories behind it is of Spring and Winter meeting in a forest and fighting such that Spring bleeds a little on Winter’s snow. This is a substantially altered retelling of that story. It was published in mid-March 2025 in Hearth Stories‘ fir...