01/11/2024
Hello, Woman Today readers!
Earlier this month, we observed the annual ritual of turning our clocks back an hour with the end of daylight saving time.
How did you spend the extra hour that spring stole from us about eight months ago? I hope you used it wisely. Daylight saving time won’t return until mid-March when we “spring” ahead.
But November is all about “falling back.”
As much as I like getting an extra hour to goof around on an early November Saturday night, it’s a bittersweet tradeoff. There’s more daylight in the morning, but then the sun disappears long before it’s time to trek home from work.
At least that’s the case for most of the country. Residents of Arizona and Hawaii (and folks living in U.S. territories such as Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) don’t have to worry about springing forward or falling back. Their clocks are locked. But the rest of us moved an hour closer to their time when DST ended.
Several states want to “lock the clock” and not go through this business of setting clocks an hour ahead or back twice a year. I suppose times have changed a bit since World War I when daylight saving time was conjured as a way of saving coal. And we can debate how much energy it saves or sleep it deprives until we have to change our clocks again.
But I’ve always enjoyed the oddity of it. The hour that disappears one month and reappears several months later. Maybe I’m easily amused.
For the record, I used my extra hour for Netflix binge-watching.
While you’re adjusting to all that extra darkness, flip on your reading light and check out this month’s The Woman Today.
Here are some of the stories we’re excited to share with you in this issue:
You’ll visit Grumpelstiltskin’s Fiber Mill in Culver, Minnesota, and its owner Kelsey Evans, who processes alpaca, llama and camel fibers that customers send to her from across the country.
Check out the fascinating world of board game miniatures and how artist Elle FireSpray brings those gray figures to life with vivid colors from her brushes and paints.
Learn about the local Nurses Honor Guard and how that group honors nurses who have passed away.
Catch up with the busy dancers from the Minnesota Ballet, who are preparing for another action-filled season of creative dance and artistic interpretation.
DIY new ways to enhance your home decor with gold charger plates.
Thanks for spending some of your time reading The Woman Today. Your readership is greatly appreciated.
Rick Lubbers
Executive editor, Duluth Media Group
