Daylight Savings Time

Daylight Savings Time Begins 2 am Sunday March 10.

I can’t stand the time changes.  My understanding behind the history of this act is to provide more daylight hours for farmers…or baseball.  Considering Farming isn’t an occupation listed in the census, it seems unlikely that 300 Million Americans are arbitrarily moving their clocks ahead in the Spring and back in the Fall so the tractor-driving person can have a few hours of daylight after coming home from their other job. 

Not all of the states participate; the rest of the globe certainly does not.  It complicated communication with my husband’s ex when she lived overseas; not realizing that the hour had changed, she would call our daughter while she was still in school for the day while she meant to speak with her after school.    

I’m curious who gains by complicating American life twice a year with these time changes so confusing we have to memorize a silly phrase to help us remember which way to turn the dial: “Spring ahead, Fall back.”  Our devices automatically update the time, so that can help us to remember—our computers, phones, and tablets should all automatically update the time as soon as it happens.

Lots of jokes and quotable quotes fly around the internet and one that caught my eye last week was a picture of Native American man in head dress and traditional garb with the quote, “When told the reason for daylight savings time the Old Indian said, ‘Only the government would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket, sew it to the bottom, and have a longer blanket.’”

Last year, I decided to start gearing up for the Spring time change by waking up a little bit earlier each day the week before the change.  That is my sustainable tip: in order to stay sane, prepare your body and your mind for losing an hour of sleep.     Perhaps start going to bed earlier; that 9 o’clock bedtime this week is going to feel like 8:00 pm next week. 

Share your thoughts on the time change at the blog, www.sustainablysadie.blogspot.com.  Thanks for reading!

Twin Bits

"The Taming of the Shrew" - written by William Shakespeare and

directed by Virginia Cook - will be presented by the Sheridan High

School Drama Dept. on Friday March 8 and Sat. March 9 at 7:30 p.m. in

the high school auditorium at 117 Madison Street. Tickets are $7 and

$5.

Thurs. March 7: Juniors Heritage Fair at Parent/Teacher Conferences,

Sheridan Schools Elementary lunchroom and gym from 4-7 pm.

The next TBCA meeting will be Friday, March 8, 8:30 am at The Old Hotel in Twin Bridges.  

TB Sophomores will be displaying their Big Read Projects during Teacher Conferences, March 14th, 1 pm to 8 pm.  

From TBS Calendar:

Wed March 6:  Booster Club Mtb @ MT Room, 6 pm

Thurs March 7:  Butte Science Fair, Grades 5-8; Ramblin’ Rose Group Practice (Sherrie High) @ MP Gym, 7 pm

March 7- March 9:  State Boys’ Basketball Tournament @ Bozeman 

Tues March 12:  JrHi Academic Olympics @ MSU

Wed March 13:  HS Academic Olympics @ MSU

Thurs March 14:  Early Out, 12:30 pm; Parent-Teacher conferences 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm; VFW mtg @ MT Room, 7:30pm

Friday March 15:  NO SCHOOL—March break

Mon March 18:  Trailblazers 4-H mtg, 7 pm @ Lunch Room

Tues March 19:  Reg. School Board Mtg @ MT Room, 7 pm.

March 28- April 1:  No School, Easter Vacation

I am here to promote activities and events in the Ruby Valley.  Please contact me at sustainablysadie@hotmail.com, call me at 684-5222 or snail mail: P.O. Box 491, 59754.