Groundhog Day!

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Rant by John

.... anyway, that Hare Krishna meal was too much tofu, even for me, a quasi-vegetarian. They chanted for almost an hour.

After that the pagans made perfect sense.

Some of my buddies were kinda worried about me going to a pagan service -- "Tell folks where you're going," "Carry a weapon"....

C'mon, folks. How intimidated can I be by someone going by the name "Dolphin Moon"?

I went to the celebration of Imbolc -- the festival of the lactating sheep.

It's not as strange as it sounds.

Pagan religion grew at a time when folks living in Europe depended on their livestock for their survival. As the harsh winter was drawing to a close and sheep were getting ready to have babies, that was a big deal and worth celebrating.

In fact we still celebrate this minor holiday recognizing the coming of spring – we call it Groundhog Day.