I got the Old Farmer's Almanac calendar this year, to replace 365 days of Songbirds, and having put it up today (a day early, fine) I have already learned several exciting things. And the writing is positively lyrical. There is a note informing me that At New Year's tide The days lengthen a cock's stride. and on the 26th, the cryptic phrase: Full Wolf Moon The full moon eats clouds. Then it segues into how Ben Franklin introduced kohlrabi to America. I have never actually read the Old Farmer's Almanac, but I am starting to think that I have been missing out all these years, if this is the sort of thing you get! (I am also irresistibly reminded of the Flathead Calendar from the Zork Zero packaging, which included such delights as "Pac Moon." The number of people who get that reference are vanishingly small, but a surprising percentage, I would wager, read this blog.)