Groundhog Day.  Another one has come and gone.

In my mind… Groundhog Day begs just one question:  “Why?”

Seriously.  Does anyone give this thing any credence?   It is merely a misguided superstition.   It has turned into a Freakish Circus of Interest.   You see…. the whole ball of wax got started on this day in 1887.   Of course it featured none other than  a rodent meteorologist.

The big celebration of this….. began at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania…. with a  furry dude named Phil. By a bunch of drunken Groundhog Hunters.

And.  According to tradition, if a groundhog comes out of its hole on this day and sees its shadow…. there will be six more weeks of winter weather.  Conversely….. no shadow means an early spring.  Oh yeah.  Makes perfect sense to me.

If people won’t believe in things like Wood Nymphs and Magic Faeries … why in the heck do they put water in the pail with this Groundhog thing?

GH Day is merely a superstition with tradition.   Superstitions come in many shapes and sizes.  The number 13… for instance. Most regard it as an unlucky omen.   The list is enormous….
A cat has nine lives
Eating fish makes you smart
Toads cause warts
A cricket in the house brings good luck
A rabbit’s foot brings good luck
To find a four-leaf clover is to find good luck
If you walk under a ladder, you will have bad luck
If a black cat crosses your path you will have bad luck
To break a mirror will bring you seven years bad luck
To open an umbrella in the house is to bring bad luck
To find a horseshoe brings good luck
Never shut a pocket knife someone else opened, they must shut it themselves…..

And of course… rodents seeing shadows….

Now, I don’t really buy into the whole superstition thing.

Although, I will say….  I rely on my Sock Monkey for some things…. which I like to call “Advice”….. they’re not really Superstitions.

Like…. on the morning right after a full moon, I watch my Sock  Monkey when he wakes up.  If he throws his Sock Monkey sheets to the left…. it means we should eat more Bleu Cheese.  But if he tosses his sheets back to the right… it indicates that I should put the utility bills in the mail.

And that is sound Sock Monkey advice.  Don’t ask me why.

Okay.  Maybe because my Sock Monkey has such awe-inspiring sheets.  The things dreams are made of.