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COVID and the end of daylight savings time
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Aug 29, 2021 | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
Hey there @merpreb and everyone. This was fun. Lots of different issues all over the place depending on where you live. My farm family said it was to help the farmers get up early to milk the cows. The school folks said it was to prevent children from waiting for the bus in the dark. Now I find out from history that none of it was true.......it was a battle issue.
I laughed at what it must have been like during the time before the Uniform Act was passed with folks crossing time zones every day. Since I am a CA gal.....I still have a hard time up here in MN. Hey...here you go......now I recall....the only place I have lived where there is no need for a seasonal time change......Hawaii. We watched the 9 pm sunset most of the year thanks to the equator location.
Wherever you are......plug in a light......transfer to LEDs. Just like @merpreb......I suffer from the lack of light. My smile even turns down. Guess that's called a frown.
May you all have joy and sunshine today.
Chris
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Hi, @artscaping and others, I just saw this and thought I'd share it for those of us whose smiles turn down with too much darkness: "With nearly 2,000 five-star ratings, the Lumos Lamp comes highly recommended by Amazon shoppers for everything from fixing circadian rhythm disorder to improving symptoms of depression". $40 tall & slender Luckily, living in the southwest means far more days of sunshine than in some parts of the nation but for those, like me, who experience a drop in good spirits with shorter days of sunlight, this might be worth a look.
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Chris - Like you, I just turn up the light! We have skylights in the kitchen & dining room, which suffice in summer, but as the sun angle lowers, they do little. Thanks to LED's throughout the house, in the "right spectrum" (researched & chosen by my husband, so I don't know the details) I can have brightness all day, yet my power bill is lower than ever. Yesterday I was in my so-delightful sewing studio - windows on 2 sides, lights overhead, OTT light at the machine...making new, warm winter blankets for us and the littles.
Sue