{"id":14178,"date":"2016-02-02T22:22:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T22:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=14178"},"modified":"2016-02-02T22:22:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T22:22:47","slug":"feb-2-groundhog-day-early-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/feb-2-groundhog-day-early-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Feb 2:  Groundhog Day:  early spring?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The tutor comments on a cross-quarter day.<\/h1>\n<p>In my post of <a href=\"?p=8266\">Feb 6<\/a> last year, I defined and discussed cross-quarter days &#8211; those that mark mid-season, rather than start of season.  The idea is that, to people serious about the seasons, the cross-quarter days may be just as meaningful as the junctions.<\/p>\n<p>Today, of course, is a cross-quarter day &#8211; Groundhog Day.  We are at mid-winter.  According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/02\/02\/465253970\/groundhog-day-punxsutawney-phil-did-not-see-his-shadow\">npr.org,<\/a> the groundhogs in both Canada and the US have predicted spring is soon to arrive.<\/p>\n<p>From a more contemplative point of view, some important benefits of spring are apparent.  The days are noticeably longer.  When blue sky does emerge, you can suddenly have a really pleasant interlude of spring-like weather.<\/p>\n<p>Someone who follows the cross-quarter days might focus more on the change during the season than the season itself.  Winter&#8217;s evolution into spring is satisfying to observe.<\/p>\n<p>Jack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\">Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tutor comments on a cross-quarter day. In my post of Feb 6 last year, I defined and discussed cross-quarter days &#8211; those that mark mid-season, rather than start of season. The idea is that, to people serious about the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/feb-2-groundhog-day-early-spring\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Feb 2:  Groundhog Day:  early spring?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,1056,213],"tags":[494,1397],"class_list":["post-14178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-seasons","category-weather","tag-cross-quarter-days","tag-groundhog-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14178"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14196,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14178\/revisions\/14196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}