Punxsutawney Phil, the King of the Groundhogs, says we can expect an early spring this year. That means — we’re in the home stretch! We need only to make it through these last few weeks of winter.  As a native of South Africa, I grew up with hot to mild weather year-round. We were guaranteed 300 days of sunshine — that’s enough to make anyone happy! As you can imagine, winters in the northern hemisphere feel very long to me,

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