Saturday October 31 2015   LIVE THE SAME HOUR TWICE

Oh what a wonderful day is today.  I am now living the same hour twice.  The time changes officially at 2:00 a.m.  Well, my official time of setting the clock back is whenever I think about doing it during the day.  And we just did it!  My official time is now 4:56 p.m. instead of what the clock says.  So the hour I already lived, I get to live it again.  I will go to sleep, everyone else will set their clock back at 2:00 a.m. and when I awake I won’t know the difference.  Whereas, if you don’t live that extra hour today all you get is an extra hour of sleep.  I would rather live it awake!  Anyway, that is my take on it!

My extra hour is being used to write my blog.  It still feels early even though it is already dark when my clock is not yet 5:00 P.M.  In the following weeks it will be dark before 4:30 P.M.  That always seems to make for a short day.  I like to go to bed at dark and wake up before the sun is up.  I won’t be doing such as that, but it will make it easier for me to get into bed earlier.  I really do enjoy the early sunsets, as it also gives me good reason to be finished with all travel for the day, as I would rather not drive after dark.  As I traveled across country I always made certain I could make my destination before nightfall.  I succeeded except for two times.  I would love to say it wasn’t my fault, but it was.  I just believed it was safer and more considerate to arrive at host homes before it was too late.  The only exception was the week I took the class in Redding California and then I was always returned after dark.  The sessions went until 9:00 or 10:00 P.M. each evening.  I also took another woman back to her residence afterward because she did not have a car and it was in the opposite direction than my direction.  But I made it home safely and that is the best news.

This is my first minute to sit down without other obligations or being in the company of others.  We attended our “PUMPKIN PARTY” luncheon today.  It was lovely.  Our neighbor and friends always hosts the most wonderful events.  I have learned so much each time I attend one of her functions.  I could write an entire story about this couple but I refrain.  First, because I haven’t asked their permission, and second because I am hoping to keep this blog short.  We did meet some very interesting people and there was only one other person there that I recognized.  The rest were all new acquaintances today.  I enjoyed the party immensely.  My contribution to the luncheon was pumpkin chili. 

Tonight is Halloween.  We live tucked back off the beaten track so we usually do not have trick or treaters.  We have a little neighbor boy that moved in last year, and so this year, we took over a treat for him.  He was being made up as Frankenstein as we visited.  We have no street lights in our neighborhood, nor do we have sidewalks.  It is not really safe to walk our hill after dark.  The ground is sometimes littered with twigs and branches and today the street has the debris of wet leaves from the rain.  Very slippery and dark.  It sounds like it is still raining.  Actually, in Wisconsin it seems to rain EVERY HALLOWEEN EVENING, I kid you not (except when it snows).

BUT TONIGHT IS A SPECIAL TIME

By Kathleen Martens

October 31, 2015

Silhouettes dance in evening dusk,

Trees clapping their hands to the Lord.

The rustle of leaves sound like love

Wanting their voices heard.

Heaven pours forth bountiful rain

To nourish and water the land.

The cold of winter seems to creep in,

As autumn makes her last stand.

Starless sky in early twilight

As clouds block out the sun.

But tonight is a special time

When boys and girls have fun.

No matter how dark,

No matter how cold,

Children brave the elements

Ever so bold.

Fancy and scary, they run around

As fast as their little legs can go

This is the only night of the year

That candy is given so.

They don’t even notice the dancing trees,

Or the slippery ground in the county.

There is only one thing on their mind,

How much will be their bounty?

Remember to take time to live the second hour twice!

I can say goodnight at 5:20 P.M. (KATHLEEN CENTRAL TIME) because now it is dark.