Robin, the report I heard did tell that your state and one other would not change to Daylight Savings. I can't recall which other one--maybe Hawaii?? Anyway, lucky you. Interesting that a lot of the Bonsai people seem to come and go.
Poirot, I'm right there on that soapbox with you, and probably on even more. I'm sorry it's nearly time for your daughter and her husband to leave. I felt that way too, when mine left on Sunday. But I can't complain. I know I get to see mine more often than you do yours, since they are only 3 hours away instead of across the country. I don't suppose you'd be interested in going to visit them. I don't very often, as too much trouble having to get my niece to drive me halfway and someone else has to drive halfway to meet us. Then do it all over again to get me home. If I had to fly, it would never happen! Things have gotten faster, while I've gotten slower.
Wilde Woman, yes, I'm pretty sure the Daylight Saving thing will pass next year because too many people want it. I guess people who are active outdoors don't mind getting out in the dark mornings if it means they can stay out later in the evening. But I agree with Poirot about kids going to school in the dark, and I remember how much I didn't like going to work in the dark back in the 1970s, when Texas first adopted Daylight Savings.
I went to town today. Took care of a couple of business things, then ate at a popular cafe. An older man and woman were sitting at the table next to mine (well, about my age, which is older than many). The cafe was noisy and they talked softly, so I couldn't hear them but somehow I could just tell by looking that they weren't from around here. Later, in the big grocery store (not Walmart), this woman stopped me and noted that they had been sitting next to me in the cafe. We had a nice conversation. They had moved here (the opposite direction from the Walmart town from me) from California a couple of years ago because they could no longer afford to live in CA. This is becoming more and more common. Even out here in the sticks where I live, some family has recently moved to within 6-8 miles of me, from Oregon! I don't know how people even find places like this to move to. There are no lakes or anything recreational here.
