Jan. 6 is the Feast of the Epiphany, Three Kings Day and Twelfth Night. Greetings to all our friends and neighbors who celebrate these events.

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Barbara Schuman of Amherst sent a postcard from Oxford, England of the Encaenia procession under Hertford Bridge. The card shows an academic procession with marchers in red robes and the street lined with people. She wrote that several Americans were awarded honorary degrees at the 2022 ceremony.

Locally, the bridge is called the Bridge of Sighs as the one in Venice, she wrote. However, the design resembles the Rialto Bridge in Venice.

This is the first postcard in the summer postcard contest that ends in August with the winner receiving fresh vegetables from the garden.

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Keith Hollingsworth will have an exhibit, “Birds” at Gallery A3 in January. The gallery is open Thursdays-Sunday from 2 to 7 p.m. There is an online art forum Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m. The link is available at www.gallerya3.com.

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The timing is right for the Valentine’s Day sweets now appearing in the grocery stores. Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, is six weeks away, actually less by the time this column appears in the paper. Much shorter than the 15 weeks when Christmas candy shows up on Labor Day.

Feb. 14 is not quite the halfway point of winter, but close enough to think of spring blossoms.

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