Sonoma County Gazette ·
Doors, gods, and the awkward genius of naming months
January: the month that insists on staring deeply into your soul just after you’ve eaten your weight in holiday cookies and overspent on gifts nobody asked for. It’s a time of reflection and resolutions — thanks largely to its namesake, Janus, a Roman god who was basically the original multitasker. But where does the name “January” come from, and why is this month so unapologetically obsessed with