Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
New Jersey Margo reports sunny days ahead. It's easy for her to predict an early spring because she's been spreading sunshine since she was born, just after Groundhog Day one year ago. That means our own little groundhog celebrates her first birthday tomorrow. Of course, she sees blue skies, and happy times, and delicious cake [...]
It may be that I’ve been hibernating too long myself, but yesterday, rather than celebrating Groundhog Day with my usual its-almost-spring-even-though-it-really-isn’t optimistic zest, I felt a little sorry for all those groundhogs. I imagined myself being yanked from a sound slumber and held aloft, hair all matted, eyes blurry and sticky with sleep, frantically trying [...]
Last night I made a pork roast, revenge dish for the hog Who said he saw no shadow and popped back in his log. While all across the country we looked for signs of spring -- A bud, a shoot, a puddle, the robins that could sing. But all we found was winter -- the [...]