That song won't leave my head this morning. It must be the singing alarm that is reminding me to turn my clocks back one hour tonight. Of course the task itself takes me nearly an hour, so I never quite feel the savings. In fact, I feel I lose a couple of hours, just trying to re-orient myself and adjust all my calendars and clocks. We always remark how the Summer Solstice (June 21st) is the longest day of the year-- although it's still only a 24-hour one. I would just have to argue that it's when we turn our clocks back, because we've just charted a 25-hour day. I've never understood why we try to turn the time back. It's literally impossible. The Native Americans understood the foolishness of this concept:
When told the reason for Daylight Saving time the old Indian said...
'Only a white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket
and sew it to the bottom of a blanket and have a longer blanket.' -Dessey L. Kuhlke
Make every minute count today. It's A Wonderful Time To Be Home!
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Mara unfortunately all this means is my hang over is going to get here an hour earlier:)
An extra hour of sleep sounds very nice, but somehow it never works out that way. I wonder why we continue to follow this old tradition?
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It just means winter's here, and it'll be months before I even want to leave the house!
Hi Mara, I personally like 25 hour days but in the springtime we have those 23 hr Sundays so nothing is free in life. I love that saying by the way of the Indian. I am a big believer in making every minute count although I don't get it right every time I keep trying. The darkness in the early evening I am not too fond of. But it is a good change of pace.
Mara, This is the time of year we lose all our sunlight! You'd think with the energy crisis they'd let us leave our clocks this year so we could all save on electricity!
I seem to look forward to the "extra" hour ---it is like a treat!
Oh I love that Mara.......time...........the master of our lives..........love the quote!
Yes, I do hate to see the time change back and we 'lose' that hour of daylight... Only figuratively though...
Mara, I loved the quote. How true! My natural body clock works better on Standard time for some bizarre reason. Every year when we get to DST, I have a hard time waking up. The entire time. My body just doesn't ever adjust. And last night, I was falling asleep during Desperate Housewives!
I've always struggled with the time change. I don't think I've ever adjusted... and then when I think I have... we have to change the time again!
Bill - LOL! Cheers!
Kristal - seems that time is a prized commodity, but it's really only a perception of measurement...pondering this at bedtime keeps me awake!
Laura - OH I want to be a bear in winter everywhere! In the summery south, I still try to sync my system by giving big bear hugs to some projects and ideas, and letting them hibernate until spring cleaning...
Gary - you make so many minutes and HOURS count, and with all your grateful readers turning towards your inspiration, the minutes become exponential moments of infinity...I've never wasted a second on your blog, and feel each moment of my day more blessed with the inspiration I gather there. You are the Johnny Gary Appleseed in the RAIN ;-)
Carole - And it takes a lot of energy on my part to re-set all the clocks, especially the digital ones on the electronics. And the one in my car... well, I can NEVER seem to remember how to do it, so eventually one of my kids notices it and chages it!
Norma - and it's funny that the "treat" is right around Halloween!
Liz - yeah...and it's sort of like getting the rug pulled out from under us, hey?
Michael - I wonder if the power companies are behind this... trying to force us to use more electricity to light up our homes longer.
Susan - I rarely watch Desperate Housewives since I'm Desperately Dating... LOL! I actually stayed at a coffee shop quite late last night with some friends...I thought it was still Saturday...then couldn't find my car afterwards, and had to be reminded that I didn't drive. Seriously, it was only coffee---mixed with daylight savings time! xo
John - It feels like "THEY" are messing with us, doesn't it?? Come join us for coffee!
Mara- I love that saying....
My body clock works Arizona style- it makes no adjustments whatsoever. :-)
I like you Indian Analysis it reminds me of the other day I say a T-shirt with a band of Indians pictured on horse back and below it said " Homeland Security We have been on it since 1492.
I love the "extra hour" as my daughter dosen't have to walk in the dark to the bus stop!
Sounds like poor Dessey didn't understand the physics involved in how the earth rotates around the sun, not to mention spinning on its own axis.
C Thompson in his comment above mine must have read the Congressional Record during the debate back in the 1960s on inplementing Daylight Savings Time. It's for the children! Except for the rural areas where it was also for the farmers, allowing them to get an earlier start on the farming day so we could have food on our tables.