Nows and Forevers

Since I didn’t listen to the radio or TV this morning, what would I do without Twitter to tell me what I already know living here in Pennsylvania: Six more weeks of winter.

I honestly don’t understand the whole Punxsutawney Phil phenomena, nor any of the other groundhogs who are out there, forecasting the weather. I’ve spent most of my life in cold climates, whether that’s Connecticut, New York, Maine or Pennsylvania. There’s no way that winter ends on Feb. 2. I mean, who would think that? It sometimes doesn’t end on March 21.

And where I used to live in Caribou and Aroostook County, Maine, winter is definitely not over: There’s a blizzard and wind chill warning for Friday and Saturday. The wind chill will be somewhere between -55 and -60 in Presque Isle and Caribou, places I know quite well.

“The coldest wind chills in decades will thrash New England,” CNN reported today.

On the bright side, though: It spawned a great movie, “Groundhog Day.”