{"id":573894026,"date":"2022-02-01T21:32:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T02:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573894026"},"modified":"2022-02-05T14:47:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T19:47:57","slug":"happy-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2022\/02\/01\/happy-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy February"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the pivotal month. It’s starting out cold, it’ll be cold throughout, and it’ll end that way. But the length of it is perfect, reminding us that all of this will end, eventually. (And in just 10 or 12 more weeks the earth will have shifted enough to feel a little warmth from the sun.) Halfway through the month, we’ll be halfway through it all.<\/p>\n

I don’t believe in groundhogs, because they didn’t go to meteorology school. Besides, historical observation and the most rudimentary understanding of planetary science, atmospheric science, oceanography and hydrology, tells me all I need to know. It’s a long way off, spring, but it seems important to stay positive on the first day of the month.<\/p>\n

It’s also an honest month, but that’s someone else’s line. <\/p>\n

It’s even in the skies! Positivity!<\/p>\n

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Which means a lot after the Friday snows, and this week’s forecast. There will be snow. And also ice. Since Sunday the weather forecasts have been saying “We’re not saying how bad it’s going to be, but it’s going to be bad. We’ll tell you later, sure, but go ahead and buy a bunch of batteries and bunch of french toast supplies.”<\/p>\n

They were talking about up to 10 inches of snow, and a few inches of ice. We’ll see what becomes of it, Wednesday night and Thursday morning, but they’re refining those projections down a bit.<\/p>\n

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I need to catch you up on television. I remembered that tonight while we were in the television studio. <\/p>\n

Here’s a sports show all about swimming and diving.<\/p>\n