Groundhog's Day

Well, here in Minnesota we think six more weeks of winter from Feb. 2 is a good thing. At Bethel, we are gearing up for spring semester to begin on Monday. We hail the end of January and the lengthening of days. Seeing shadows is great--it means the sun is shining!

Someone was escorting a campus visitor between buildings (going outside for a few seconds). It was in the teens or maybe 20s, and she exclaimed, "Isn't is wonderful how it's warmed up! It's been so cold!"

I'm not sure the visitor shared her enthusiasm for temperatures above zero.

Easter is early this year, so Fat Tuesday is next week already and so is Ash Wednesday. The Bethel CAS (college of Arts and Sciences) break is the same time as Christina's spring break at Calvin. Do I hear warmer climes calling us the week after Easter Sunday?

Maybe not. But it's fun to anticipate summer and green grass. What I love are the longer days (daylight), so soon Raven and I won't have to venture out on weekdays to cold, dark mornings.

Six more weeks--I can handle that! I'll pretend I don't know that we can still have snow and ice and cold at the end of March and even in early April...

Till next time,


Suzi