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Posted by Katrien Vander Straeten Feb 6, 2007 |
The sky in Boston is a sunny, bright blue. There’s that dry, crisp air that makes the nights so perfect for stargazing – no water molecules that might reflect the cities many lights, drowning out the stars a second time around – if only one wouldn’t succumb to hypothermia after five minutes.
Freezing but sunny and dry... or warmer but wet and dark? It is hard for me to chose – if indeed the choice were up to me, which it is not.
The Pennsylvanian groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, has chosen: on 2 February he did venture out of his bower, predicting an early Spring for 2007.
Let’s see, let’s see. All my research into seasonal festivals and calendars has made me realize how much we humans have wrecked the perfectly good natural balance of sun, moon and earth. If the cute groundhog can account for all our meddling, “chapeau!” as we say in French: hats off! - also those top hats, Punxsutawney officials!