{"id":9266,"date":"2022-02-02T01:49:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T06:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=9266"},"modified":"2022-02-02T16:35:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T21:35:16","slug":"groundhog-day-candlemas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=9266","title":{"rendered":"Groundhog Day\/Candlemas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For this double celebration, a sketch, and the first verse of a poem by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lynnungar.com\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.lynnungar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lynn Ungar<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GroundhogCandlemas2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GroundhogCandlemas2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GroundhogCandlemas2.jpg 818w, https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GroundhogCandlemas2-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GroundhogCandlemas2-768x751.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Celebrate this unlikely oracle,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>this ball of fat and fur,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>whom we so mysteriously endow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>with the power to predict spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s hear it for the improbable heroes who,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>frightened at their own shadows,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>nonetheless unwittingly work miracles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why shouldn\u2019t we believe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>this peculiar rodent holds power<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>over sun and seasons in his stubby paw?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who says that God is all grandeur and glory?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014from &#8220;Groundhog Day&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lynnungar.com\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.lynnungar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lynn Ungar<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this double celebration, a sketch, and the first verse of a poem by Lynn Ungar. Celebrate this unlikely oracle, this ball of fat and fur, whom we so mysteriously endow with the power to predict spring. Let\u2019s hear it for the improbable heroes who, frightened at their own shadows, nonetheless unwittingly work miracles. Why<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=9266\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[23,54,17,19,3],"class_list":["post-9266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-illustration","tag-festival","tag-groundhog","tag-penink","tag-poem","tag-watercolor"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9266"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9280,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9266\/revisions\/9280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}