Did you have trouble waking up this morning?  Wish you could sleep a bit longer? Well, did you know that the marmot, which is just a giant ground squirrel, hibernates through the cold season underground…for up to 8 months at...

The day is ending, The night is descending; The marsh is frozen, The river dead. That’s the beginning of a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, called Afternoon in February.  He ends his poem comparing the bleak, midwinter day to a funeral:...

Last night, the Groundhog Day film I told you about was on TV, so I watched for a bit.  As Phil struggled to figure out what to do with his ever-repeating day, something occurred to me: Even though his response...

Today is Groundhog Day.  According to popular tradition, it is the day when a groundhog is released from his den—and if he sees his shadow, it means that there will be six more weeks of winter; if not, then an...