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It certainly has been an interesting winter. We are reaching new levels of cold that we haven’t seen in a long while. While it’s been good -- and especially that we have gotten some ground freeze, it is time to bring on the spring!Daylight Savings Time is only two weeks hence. Read more.

It does seem a bit strange this year that by now we are still not in the Lenten Season, but with Easter on April 20th, we still have two weeks to go before Ash Wednesday. That makes this time of the year seem somewhat slow with not much going on. Read more.

The Groundhog saw his shadow last weekend and we paid the price this past week as Winter does not seem to want to break its hold on us. Perhaps the very late Easter (April 20th) adds to the feeling that Spring is far away. Read more.

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. This means that we are forty days from Christmas and have reached the midpoint of winter. Many ancient cultures have observed this day in particular ways as they noticed that the transit of the sun through the sky quickens and days get longer more quickly. This is a reason for the celebration of Groundhog Day today. Read more.