Indoor garden report: There are still two good blossoms on one amaryllis plant. The other plant has a new shoot coming up that has a bud. Something beautiful to look forward to against the snow.

Noting has happened yet with the forsythia cuttings. I will keep you posted.

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The League of Women Voters of Amherst, of which I am a member, continues the Judy Brooks Conversation series on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. via Zoom, according to an email from Bonnie Isman of Amherst.

DEI Deconstructed will feature Philip Avila, assistant director, and Pamela Young, director, of the Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion discussing challenges in the Trump era. “What does DEI really mean? How is Amherst implementing and supporting DEI in today’s political climate?” she wrote. Register at lwvamherst.org.

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Dale Carnegie, my Orchard Valley neighbor, sent me an email inviting girls and their guardians to a free Science of Snow event Thursday, Feb. 27 at 5:30 p.m. at the South Amherst Congregational Church. Participants will learn about the different types of snowflakes, learn why it snows, and even make their own,

It’s for girls in grades K-2 who are not currently Girl Scouts. RSVP by Feb. 23 at 584-2602.

For information on Girl Scouts, contact info@gscwm.org.

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Liz Larson, director of the Amherst Historical Society, sent an email about the Spring History Bites series that begins on Feb. 28 at 12:30 p.m. at the Bangs Center. The series, which is held every other week, features a variety of topics presented by local scholars and history enthusiasts. It’s free. Bring your own lunch.

I have gone to most of them and learned a lot. I bring a banana, it’s easy to eat.

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Heidi Nortonsmith, the Northampton Survival Center director, sent me an email image of a paper postcard. She wrote that the center commissioned a series of cards to help convey the beauty of “family dinner” in their Gratitude Postcard series.

It’s the first entry in the summer postcard contest. Thank you, Heidi!

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The groundhog needs a math tutor. It’s 42 days from Feb. 2 to March 20, that’s six weeks. The prediction of six weeks of winter will always be correct. The vernal equinox will never be early or late. The groundhog should say, if groundhogs could talk, that spring-like weather will come sooner than the equinox.

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