Today is groundhog Day
As every year, we take out East Village Woody and make our own prediction
This year he didn’t see his shadow
here’s another shadowless sunrise for you
unlike say, in 2007
when he went against the most established Groundhogs predictions and was proven right.
or last year, when he agreed with the rest of them
So, East Village Woody has a good record under his fuzzy belt!
It would have been his 84th birthday.
Maya and I baked him a cake
We schlepped it there
and Boongo too
and we celebrated it
I found this article in the NY Times
Twice a month, Ava Zeligson stands in front of 55 strangers and, with her infectious enthusiasm, explains why each of them can make a difference in the battle against Chicago’s deeply entrenched illiteracy rate.
Ms. Zeligson is the volunteer coordinator for Open Books, the latest addition to the city’s crowded field of literacy organizations. The fact that nearly everyone who attends an Open Books orientation session goes on to volunteer is testament, at least in part, to her powers of persuasion.
I am so proud I could plotz!
It would have been today. We will celebrate his life on Sunday. With a cake and everything.
from the old family blog where I can embed from Facebook
(unlike this one)
