FEBRUARY FRETS (aka random thoughts) Feb. 2:

Well, here we are, Ernie with real Covid, and me with "I think I'm going to get it any minute" Covid. So I did something I've never done before. I Doordashed two country ham biscuits from Hardee's this morning for breakfast. Would it be awful if I did this every day for the rest of my life? They were so-o good!

I also declined to answer a phone call from Romania this morning. I admit I was tempted. It "could" have been the doordash driver. You never know. And would the caller have spoken in English or Romanian (is that a language?) Surely, it wasn't Medicare calling. But do they sell car insurance warranties in Romania? Probably it was the same person who emailed me last week about a fortune they have inherited but need someone to help them get into an American bank. I'll never know though -- I didn't answer the phone.

In other news, it's silly Groundhog Day. I've posted a whole essay over on my author page because -- well, because I once wrote an essay about Groundhogs and their day and there is not much market for such a piece. It starts like this:

"If I were naming a holiday for an animal, I might go with Giraffe Day. They’re elegant beasts, and I’ve felt a kinship with them since I was in high school. That’s when Tony Denny observed to everyone in earshot that I had a neck as long as a giraffe’s.

Or Zebra Day – is there a more beautiful creature than a zebra? If it had its own day, might it become a symbol of racial harmony or world peace?

And what about the cow, the face of all the world’s under-appreciated beings? Cows provide milk, leather, and cheeseburgers and manage to look content.

Instead, we have only the silly Groundhog Day, a faint echo of an argument that began with pagans in the late Stone Age." ©

A photo of Hardee's ham biscuit that I stole from their website. I hope they don't mind.