those other groundhogs- what are they saying?
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Pretenders to the Throne: those other groundhogs
Wiarton Willie emerged alive and in one piece to confront a daunting Ontario sun and promptly shadowed. Although there is much appealing in a pure white marmot being greeted by purple tuxedoed and dressed officials, the wire cage is not
If Candlemas be fair and bright...
Thursday, January 29, 2009
(In Progress....)
Friday Jan. 30, 2009
I made it into Cumberland Thursday evening, January 29 out of Williamsburg, VA. Beej had to work, and luckily there wasn’t too much on the groundhog schedule, just the first showing of the Elks’ comedy night. I spent the day getting the car ready, organizing
Groundhogs in Popular Fiction of the 19th to 21st Centuries: A Bibliography
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Over the past five years, I have been collecting groundhog-related books and other ephemera. The materials crop up in stacks of children’s literature, hunting magazines, postcards, and nature books. The earliest I have seen- though I was unable to buy it, was a 1561 book on Geneva and its
Western Maryland Murray- Groundhog Day Returns to Cumberland
Sunday, February 10, 2008
February 2, 2008 marked Cumberland’s first official Groundhog Day celebration, courtesy of Bob Candy and Tri-State Zoological Park. Festivities centered around the Baltimore Street stage beginning at 6:30 am. Locals gathered to await the guest of honor as polkas filled the air. An impressive
Ontario New Years 08
Sunday, January 6, 2008
We pulled out of Cumberland and headed out on rte. 36 and up rte. 160 towards Berlin to pick up the Penna Turnpike at Somerset, stopping first for steak hoagies and drinks at the Sheetz in Corriganville. By midnight, we were both zonking out [Scooter was driving] and stopped at Stanton to take