Awareness of the outside world, Newsflash. It helps to be rich. NYT: New SAT Data Highlights the Deep Inequality at the Heart of American Education, Miller & Paris, Oct. 23, 2023. In visual form, The Pencilsword: On a plate, Morris 2015.
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We hope to keep the morning walks going through the winter. It’s good for all four of us. While cold & rain may stop the parade, darkness won’t. [The Morning Constitutional]
Due to orbital mechanics and Daylight Saving Time, we are now less than 10 minutes from the darkest mornings.
This morning, 25 Oct 2023, sunrise at 6:58 am
End DST
Saturday, 4 Nov 2023, sunrise at 7:07 am
Sunday, 5 Nov 2023, sunrise at 6:08 am
Solstice, 21 Dec 2023, sunrise at 6:45 am
Latest non-DST mornings, 6 – 11 Jan 2024, sunrise at 6:50 am
For a while after the solstice, the day gets longer but sunrise gets later. Weird.
DST returns.
Saturday, 9 March, sunrise at 6:04 am
Sunday, 19 March, sunrise at 7:04 am
Mornings dark again for a while.
Looking ahead to the rest of the year.
Earliest, 11 June 2024, sunrise at 5:36 am
Equinox, June 22, sunrise at 5:38 am
Stats from timeanddate.com.
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
When I was in grade school, it was always light by the time I left for school. Dad would often comment that the days were getting shorter or the days were getting longer. As a child, I figured he was just making conversation.
Later, when I was living at home and working, Dad would drive me to the bus stop before going on to his job. In the winter, it was often still dark when we left.
I realized that the length of the days, especially mornings, was a big deal.
Now, retired and with no alarm to wake me, I wake with the sun.
The days are getting shorter.
Joan
Daylight Saving Time (not “Savings”) ruins my year.
Corrected, thank you.
DST. I like light in the evening, but I could live either way if we would just pick one.