February. Officially the last full month of winter. Get ready. Get set. Bluebonnets (sans blooms) showing up in droves. Teasing us. Could be a bumper crop this year. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. ‘Tis February. The shortest month of the year. Por que? They believe February always had 28 days ever since the time of King Numa Pompilius. Who? He was second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus. Pompilius ruled from 715 to 673 B.C. Surely you remember. He decided that a year would have 355 d ...
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