Sunday, November 03, 2019

Stop messing with the clocks!

What a relief to get back to natural time. The days get longer in spring and summer—later sunset AND earlier sunrise—setting the clock ahead just throws everything off, says it’s later than you feel. You can change the clocks, but you can’t change what time it is in the natural progression of the day. Move schedules to “summer hours” in spring, back in autumn, if you want to take advantage of the longer daylight (easier to get up early, nice to enjoy late evenings), but leave the clocks alone. It’s never good to lie about truth of nature.