Daylight Savings Time Nov02

Daylight Savings Time

I thought I’d put a short poem up that I found on Daylight Savings Time ending both because I thought it was rather clever and as a reminder to folks to set clocks back an hour…but then didn’t get it posted in time to make the daily email for subscribers! Well, most folks are reminded by their phones these days, and forgetting has fewer penalties in the fall anyway, as you only end up arriving places an hour early. I hope you enjoyed the day and the extra hour of sleep! Daylight Savings Time In spring when maple buds are red, We turn the clock an hour ahead; Which means, each April that arrives, We lose an hour out of...

Daylight Saving Explained Mar11

Daylight Saving Explained

For as long as I can remember, I’ve always looked forward to Daylight Saving Time (DST). As a kid, I like it because it signaled the advent of spring, which meant that summer – and summer vacation – weren’t far around the corner. And to this day there’s something just plain encouraging about that extra hour of sunshine in the late afternoon and evening. Yes, it’s darker in the morning, but that’s the morning anyway, when I’m hardly awake and is totally worth the extra sunlight later. As for missing an hour of sleep, well, I always figured you just go to bed a little earlier or sleep a little later and it should be no...