Feels Like Spring

You can tell it’s been hellishly cold when the temperature rises almost to freezing and it feels like spring.

I wore shorts to the bank and the grocery store.

Still a lot of snow on the ground. That can’t be helped.

The sun setting on Yoe Hill, with pinkish clouds in the fading sunlight

Spring will be here soon. Hopefully. Unless the Frost Giants return for more.


I had a pan of water on the stove to boil for tea. I left it alone for a few minutes.

I returned to find it boiling.

I chanted in a silly voice, “Double! Double! Toil! Trouble! Fire! Burn! Cauldron! Bubble!

I can’t decide if I was imitating Brother Theodore as Gollum or William Conrad as Denethor from the Rankin-Bass Return of the King. It may not be either. I think it was closer to the middle.


Facebook screenshot. "Congrats! You can now join a community of 29 Congressman Lloyd Smucker top fans."Facebook excited to dub me a “top fan” of Congressman Lloyd Smucker.

No! Belay! Do not want!

Have you read this letter? Or this letter? And these aren’t the only ones. There are more where these came from!

Some he replies to. Several he has not. I didn’t receive a reply to my letter about taco trucks in Dallastown and how we need them.

I’m sure Scott Perry thought I was a crank. Smucker probably does as well.

Point being, I am not a “top fan.” I’m as far away from a “top fan” as you can get and still be within the observable universe.

Published by Allyn Gibson

A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over fifteen years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.

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