Comments on: Happy Ground Hog Day: Did Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow?

By: karynzoldan

karynzoldan — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:02:47 +0000

Susanna
Thanks for sharing.

Who knew about the ground hog sisterhood? I’m glad there’s one.

By: karynzoldan

karynzoldan — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:01:18 +0000

Karen
The reason I wrote ground hog and groundhog two different ways was that I was trying to entice people who searched one way or the other, covering all my bases so to speak.

It must have worked because this one particular post had more than 15,000 unique visitors.

Thanks for reading so carefully.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:54:23 +0000

I enjoyed the content, but doesn't anybody proofread anymore? Half the time "groundhog" was written as two words, and half the time it was just one. Please put commas where necessary, and only where necessary. Poor punctuation distracts from the article and makes it more difficult to follow. These are the things I learned in my formative years in school before internet.

By: Susanna

Susanna — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:19:28 +0000

Punxsutawney Phyllis is alive and well and has her own book! If you thought a girl wasn’t up to the job of being Prognosticator of Prognosticators, guess again! Punxsutawney Phyllis by Susanna Leonard Hill (Holiday House 2005) is available from Amazon and other booksellers

By: Bonnie Lewis

Bonnie Lewis — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:17:03 +0000

I grew up in Ohio. I had surmised, after many years of Phil’s shadow or not, that it did not matter much what he saw … there was always AT LEAST 6 more weeks of winter, and most of the time it lingered longer than that.

How about a Tammy Tucson roadrunner day in Tucson to predict how many days of over 100 degrees we’ll have each summer??

By: karynzoldan

karynzoldan — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:17:20 +0000

Jenn
You got that right! “I Got You, Babe” was the song heard over and over again. That would be enough to drive anyone crazy.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:57:13 +0000

Nice article, and yes, let’s have a Punxsutawney Phyllis every once in a while!

By: Jenn

Jenn — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:43:10 +0000

“I Got You, Babe”

By: Carolyn Classen

Carolyn Classen — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:38:21 +0000

Good article Karyn. I did wake up early to watch the ceremonies in Punxsutawney for the first time in my life. Phil is rather cute for a squirrel-like creature. We had no such creatures growing up in Hawaii, only mongooses.