I started writing this on February 2. In the United States, it is Groundhog Day: an oddly pagan holiday where our eyes turn to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania where the entire world consults the world's most famous animal meteorologist on whether or not we will see an early spring, or we will be plunged into six more weeks of winter--all dependent on whether or not Punxsutawney Phil (as named in the 1960s, presumably after Prince Philip of England) sees his shadow.