Candlemas!
Time to make the candles!
Time to see if Punxsutawney Phil says Winter will be six more weeks,
or only a month and a half. :-D
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Howard and Phil are first today!
ReplyDeleteOur low on Sunday was -12.8F, it is currently -7.1F, and we're expecting a high around 5F while the snow flies. Nippy! I will, of course, be spending the day hand-dipping candles in honour of Candlemas, also known as Groundhog Day! I'm pretty sure no groundhog in New England is going to see a shadow this year. Even ol' Punxsutawney Phil is to have a 100% chance of precipitation all morning. So instead of Winter lasting 6 weeks longer, it should only be a month and a half! ;-)
ReplyDeleteNothing like your below-zero, but it's now down to 9F and falling,
DeleteCat, you missed several threads. Be sure to scroll back and have a peek at the 27th. ;-)
ReplyDeletePUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL SEES SHADOW; PREDICTS SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER
ReplyDeleteHuh? Looks like the Inner Circle forgot to check the weather report, as it's pouring rain in Punxsutawney this morning.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/02/punxsutawney-phil-groundhogs-day_n_6592542.html
PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL SEES SHADOW; PREDICTS SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER
Huh? Looks like the Inner Circle forgot to check the weather report, as it's pouring rain in Punxsutawney this morning.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6592542
Aha!
"In reality, Phil's prediction is decided ahead of time by the group on Gobbler's Knob, the tiny hill in the town for which he's named about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
"Records going back to 1887 show Phil has now predicted more winter 102 times while forecasting an early spring just 17 times. There are no records for the remaining years."
WINTER STORM WARNING * PUNXSUTAWNEY PENNSYLVANIA
ReplyDeleteWinter Storm Warning remains in effect until noon EST today...
* snow accumulations... 6 to 10 inches.
* Snow ending... Monday afternoon.
* Impacts... hazardous travel conditions are expected due to accumulation of snow and ice and reduced visibility.
SPECIAL STATEMENT:
Snow along with rapidly falling temperatures this morning may result in dangerous driving conditions today...
A cold front crossing the region this morning will initially result in a period of accumulating snow followed by plummeting temperatures behind the front. The combination of new snow and already wet roads from overnight precipitation along with the rapidly falling temperatures may result in icy conditions throughout the day... especially along untreated roads... bridges... and overpasses.
Motorists are advised to allow extra time for the morning commute... and be alert for rapidly changing weather conditions. Stay tuned for updates to the forecast... and check conditions before departing.
In conditions like that I think I would commute by Sno-Cat if at all... But am I dating myself by admitting I know what a Sno-Cat is? Probably.
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Paul called to let me know that Mom is out of surgery and in recovery. Thank you for the prayers and positive vibes.
ReplyDeleteBetcha they have her up on her feet tomorrow, at least for a little bit. Need to make sure the muscles don't contract, the body doesn't forget how to walk, and keep pneumonia away. Home in maybe three days?
Delete--Alan
So very glad to hear it, Renee!!!! ♥
ReplyDeleteI'll go light another candle for her healing.
listener, the commotion on the roof is on the kitchen side. The bedroom level as regular roofing, and is quieter. So one can sleep fine; thinking is difficult, however.
ReplyDeleteAh, I see, puddle. I'm glad you can at least sleep!
ReplyDeleteMaybe think in the bedroom in the daytime?
I've been filling in a gap in my education by reading up on dialectical materialism; will work on it some more, but think I have a fair handle on it now. Quick little tour through Hegel, Heraclitus, Marx, Materialism, Idealism, etc. with a side of Meister Eckhart. All good intellectual exercise. I don't think Old Timer's Disease is a problem for me, at least not yet. I AM more easily distracted, and have more difficulty recalling the odd thing I know perfectly well than when I was young, but now we know that is normal. Irritating, but OK.
ReplyDelete--Alan
Okay, you did it Alan. I'm a secret shaggy dog fan. This dates back to somewhere in my twenties.
DeleteFEGHOOT 57
The intelligent amphibious Eels of Proxima Centauri XIII were found by Ferdinand Feghoot during the Space Race, to the annoyance of the Russians, whose expedition showed up only after the Eels had learned English, and were trading away with the West.
The Eels were ruled by Great Mother Eel, and their well-being depended on how happy she was. Singing, dancing, telling tales, they all did their best to amuse her. The Russians, seeing this, decided to bore from within. Their agents were disguised as encyclopedia salesmen, progressive educators, and TV comedians and were almost as boring. Before long, Mother Eel became tired and fidgety and unpleasant. Soon there was social unrest everywhere.
Feghoot returned swiftly from Earth. He brought a book full of funny old jokes, all based on the quaint speech of Irishmen, Southerners, Swedes, and whatever. Mother Eel had never heard anything like them before. Making him read them over and over again, she laughed till she quivered. She really was tickled. Her subjects rejoiced; perfect harmony was restored.
The Russian commander was furious. His patrols kidnapped Feghoot in space. "Exploiter of class-conscious Eels!" he bellowed. "You have spoiled my wonderful boring! Maybe soon I am liquidated!"
"But, Comrade," protested Ferdinand Feghoot. "Have I not converted them to Dialect-Tickle-Mater-Eel-ism?"
"Feghoot 57" from "The Collected Feghoot" by Reginald Bretnor writing under the pen name Grendel Briarton with thanks to Mrs. Jules J. Perot (©1992)
Oh, Good Lord! Just remember to vote for a lizard, so the wrong lizard doesn't get in.... Now I wonder if the bumper sticker that has manifested itself in my visual imagination this past day or so is remembered or made to purpose? Legend: MARX WAS RIGHT! with likenesses of Groucho and Karl left and right. Maybe I will quickly look for it online.
DeleteAlan
Oh man, Alan. I used to know a boatload of these in my seminary days! If I didn't have to boogie off to class I'd think some of them back to memory. Hopefully it will be a background program running and something will surface during the day. :-)
DeleteWait, one had to do with the various schools and heretical groups of about the second century that we had to study. You know, like the Zoroastrians and that school of Gnostics from Diag.
DeleteI believe they were started by a small group of physicians known as the Diag Gnosticians. ;-)
DeleteThanks for posting that, puddle! :-D
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