Waiting for six o’clock
dinner guests and wondering why it wasn’t dark yet. Duh, forgot about DST. When
I realized that, I had a happy little sigh. I love DST and don’t understand the
people who complain about it. Yes, one time would be nice, but I’d want it to
be daylight savings, and I always heard that farmers, etc., want early morning
light. Looked up a bit of history and found farmers had nothing to do with it.
Daylight savings time began as a fuel-saving measure way be in WWI—the first to
experiment with it were Germans. So much for thinking America invent
everything.
But to many of
us,, summer is vacation and picnics and beaches and all kind of good things
that are done in the late afternoon, especially here in Texas where mid-day is
too hot. Dark closing in at six o’clock would be depressing in the summer. This
argument has been waged for years without any change, so I don’t expect action.
Just putting my two cents in.
With all the
lovely evening sunlight, it was too cool for the patio. Neighbors Jaimie, Greg
and Jay came for supper. Jay brought spinach crostini rich with garlic, and I
had made a marinara sauce and salad. Found out I had to ask Jay to cook the
supper—I cannot fill a pan with water and transfer to my one-burner stove while
in a wheelchair, and I’m not good enough at walking to do it without the chair.
So he ended up doing it all. Everyone said it was a good dinner; I would have
preferred more sauce in proportion to the pasta.
Earlier in the day
I had brunch with a friend at Press Café—we got there right after it opened at
11:00 and still it was crowded We found bar seats, where I discovered I can
hear better than across the table from someone. Had a breakfast sandwich—ham,
egg, cheese, tomato, greens, sauce on a brioche bun. Good but it required a
knife and fork. Next time: chicken salad with gorgonzola.
Mid-afternoon a
friend who is practicing her portrait skills came to take my picture. I
especially like two shots—kids all liked one, my dinner guests another.
Dilemma!
A full and
delightfully crowded day—no writing, no reading. But hey, it’s spring break. That’s
okay!
What about you?
Special plans for this week?
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