Each walk is a little darker...no, no, literally, not figuratively. I love the sense of solitude that beginning and ending a 60 minute walk in the dark brings to my mind. It is one of the few things that keeps the ADD monster at bay. Some mornings are so dark that I worry that my vision is failing. Of course it is but it's not related to the darkness.
When there is no Moon and it is partly cloudy, it can be so dark I barely make out the details of my two dogs at the end of a ten-foot leash. Ending Daylight Savings Time will change this and I can't wake up any earlier.
Of course the light never really can be preserved, it actually is more like daylight changing time. For people that enjoy outdoor evening activities that require light, it is helpful. To the contrary, a former neighbor, Fix-it Chuck, said that Daylight Savings Time is a conspiracy against the working man. Designed to make us work an hour longer each day.
Often overlooked is the idea that this extension is only happening in the evening. For me Daylight Savings Time increases the amount of dark I can walk in and I love it. When we all 'fall back', there will be less daylight in the evening but more in the morning, when I prefer dark. My high school counselor predicted I would spend my life 'bass ackwards'.
When there is no Moon and it is partly cloudy, it can be so dark I barely make out the details of my two dogs at the end of a ten-foot leash. Ending Daylight Savings Time will change this and I can't wake up any earlier.
Of course the light never really can be preserved, it actually is more like daylight changing time. For people that enjoy outdoor evening activities that require light, it is helpful. To the contrary, a former neighbor, Fix-it Chuck, said that Daylight Savings Time is a conspiracy against the working man. Designed to make us work an hour longer each day.
Often overlooked is the idea that this extension is only happening in the evening. For me Daylight Savings Time increases the amount of dark I can walk in and I love it. When we all 'fall back', there will be less daylight in the evening but more in the morning, when I prefer dark. My high school counselor predicted I would spend my life 'bass ackwards'.
It's good to be back!
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