little house on the prairie?

June 19, 2025. Sunset 9:10 PM. Felt, ID

“Tetons in the distance…sunsetting in Felt, ID” -Lisa B

Summer Sostice Observations at the Chapel of the Chimes and the East River Ferry in NYC

In the face of all this hell that is happening now, I am hoping this can offer a brief moment of ease and equanimity through this shared experience and connection with - I don't even know what to call it-- immutable, actual fact as in something true, cosmic, eternal... If you are so inclined, please join us wherever you are at sunset. Although the Summer Solstice is on Friday June 20 this year, both the Chapel of the Chimes, Garden of Memory in Oakland https://gardenofmemory.com/ AND the Make Music Day Solstice observations will take place on Saturday June 21. Although the Summer Solstice is on Friday June 20 this year, both the Chapel of the Chimes, Garden of Memory AND the Make Music Day Solstice festivities will be acknowledged on Saturday June 21. dailybell will be leading both sunset bell ringing events, thanks to the amazing teams on each coast.

Thank you New Yorkers, Mary Buchen, Joyce Burstein, Brenda Martinez and Emily Whitfield. East River Ferry Schedule for sunset on the river.

And thank you to my Bay area friends who will be joining me in Oakland that day-- Jenny Holland, Miriam Jacobs, Liz Keim, Evangel King, Brook Pessin-Whedbee, Alan Phillips, Betsy Willson, Mia Sieminski, Zofia Wang and Farrel Levy.

Score for Oakland-

This will be our first celebration INDOORS since covid and we are very much looking forward to being together at sunset with everyone.

fires in the fog

June 9, 2025. Sunset 8:30 PM. San Francisco, CA.
Little fires on the foggy beach. Hannah's last night with us. She and Ginger were here with us for the past 2+ months. Kayleigh and Madagyn also passed through. We will miss everybody!!!! Thank you, sweethearts.

counting our blessings

June 3, 2025. Sunset 8:27 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Thank you, dear Thea for the amazing cake! Here we are with my niece, Hannah after a very nice meal to celebrate just being together— with much gratitude and love to you both.

rush hour in the air

June 1, 2025. Sunset 8:26 PM Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA. And a few blocks away--- Happy Sunset from Hannah near the old Cliff House.
Imagine a bell on every bird…

waiting ... flying

June 1, 2025. Sunset 8:26 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Norman waiting.



Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA.
And a few blocks away--- Happy Sunset from Hannah near the old Cliff House. Imagine a bell on every bird…

almost Canada

May 26, 2025. Sunset 8:57 PM. Port Townsend, WA.

“sunset is so late up here. Thinking of you, Brenda.” Rae Diamond

thank you, Flip!

May 22, 2025. Sunset 8:18 PM.

“Sunset yesterday, Farmington, PA c/o my cousin Flip”
– Joe P

somewhere over the rainbow

April 29, 2025. Sunset 8:22 PM. Kansas

Could it have been Hutchinson, Kansas?
-Lisa Buford

Really on Fire!

April 23, 2025. Sunset 8:40 PM. Barcelona, Spain

“Thinking of You at Sunset”
- Barbara Held

Easter Sunset from Elisabeth and Richard

April 20, 2024. Sunset 7:29 PM. Manhattan Beach, CA.

“Oh my. This is so gorgeous. Thank you for sending it. Happy Easter!”

handy pocket surprise

April 8, 2025 Sunset 7:39 PM. San Francisco, CA. Hannah heading to home away from home. We are so happy to have out nieces with us for these 2 months. Thank you, girls! We love you.

Hannah wandering around the block at sunset

April 5, 2025. Sunset 7:36 PM. San Francisco, CA. part 1- I recognize those flowers from somewhere nearby. Also, the sleeve of Norman's jacket which Hannah borrowed-- Nobody is really prepared for the weather here.
part 2- The view from Ginger and Hannah ringing by the ocean a few minutes later as Norman and I ring at home up the street. “Tomorrow we will ring together"

6 out of 7!

April 3, 2025. Sunset 7:14 PM. La Jolla, CA.

“6/7 college visits down!” Spring break from Oakland — whirlwind road trip from Bay area to Southern California—

Good luck Kazi- and Happy trails to everyone.

from Joe's early morning rising sister, Cindy in Myrtle Beach this week

March 23, 2025. Sunrise 7:19 AM. Myrtle Beach, S. Carolina.

“Sunrise today at Myrtle Beach…c/o my sister Cindy” – Joe P
March 27, 2025. Sunrise 7:09 AM. Myrtle Beach, S. Carolina.

“Today’s sunrise in Myrtle Beach (from my sister again)” – Joe P

“Thinking of you at Sunset”

March 22, 2025. Sunset 7:05 PM. Barcelona, SP.
-Barbara H

wow—such a peaceful sky drifting into evening.

“Spring Equinox Ambient Bird”

March 20, 2025. Sunset 7:21 PM. Berkeley, CA.
This was an unexpectedly warm evening (until the sun set) with a gentle Equinox performance of Wendy Reid’s “Spring Equinox Ambient Bird” piece. This was the moment just after the piece finished as it coincided with the sunset at the Indian Rock Park— Even a slight walk up the slope offered a surprisingly wide-angle view of the Bay and Bay Bridge and distant horizon on the Pacific Ocean. Happy Spring!!!

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Announcement for Equinox performance with Wendy Reid and lulu- ensemble

If you are in the East Bay this Thursday- Come on by-- Unless it's raining, this this might be a welcome, lovely moment.

From Wendy Reid-- “Spring Equinox: Ambient Bird performance this Thursday 3/20-6:30pm at Indian Rock Park: 950 Indian Rock Ave, Berkeley, with Krys Bobrowski, Brenda Hutchinson, Ron Heglin, Jacob Felix Heule, me and lulu. At the end of the performance, at sunset (7:21pm), Brenda will lead everyone in bell-ringing (dailybell). Please come and sit on top of the rock, listen, and watch the sunset”

As close to a balance as we can be at the moment

March 16, 2025. Sunrise and Sunset 7:16 AM/PM today. San Francisco, CA.

Equinox coming soon-- in the meantime...
Happy Equilux TODAY to everyone at this latitude-- Tomorrow will be a slightly brighter day- at least in terms of the amount of daylight-- Much love and all wishes for every little blessing possible. FYI: more info about Equilux (in Raleigh, NC)

To find your day of tipping into the light-- look up sunrise/sunset calendar here.
Photo credit:cbs17.com

in the room where it happened

March 7, 2025. Sunset 6:09 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Visiting Norman at Kaiser at sunset.

7 out of 8-- get in line!

March 2, 2025

It's hard to keep up with the cosmic calendar at the moment- but in case you missed it- it is still possible to witness some portion of the planetary alignment (7 planets!!!) which was on display on Friday--
An auspicious introduction to this year's beginning of Ramadan.

“Sunset yesterday; Dateland AZ…c/o my son Seth” - Joe P

March 1, 2025. Sunset 6:31 PM. Dateland, AZ.

Thank you, Joe and Seth-- for this. It looks so warm- thoughts of Spring thankfully spring to mind.
I was curious about ‘Dateland” and found this bit of info — Surprising given the utter absence of anything remotely tree-like in this photo.

February-- under construction

ahhhh- a little bit behind
February 15, 2025
In progress: You may have notice many seemingly random posts showing up lately. I am in the process of updating the dailybell to include missing posts.
OLD NEWS: https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/kissing-the-ring-internet-reacts-mark-zuckerberg-visiting-trump-mar-a-lago-election-win
This seems like such a small and futile gesture in the face of all the craziness and betrayal, but it's something. I do have something percolating with regard to the dailybell and the news and will stay in touch.

February 22, 2025. Sunset 5:34PM (photo taken). Desert somewhere My sister, Lisa shared this sunset yesterday in memory of her dear friend Tania who has just passed away. Lisa had this to say- “Well, today the sun is setting and Tania hopefully is in the Great Central Sun, and her day is done. Love you, Tania. Love you, Tania. Keep on keeping on. Hope you get a good rest.” We will miss you, Tania. From my sister Lisa to her good friend-- “Well, today the sun is setting and Tania hopefully is in the Great Central Sun, and her day is done. Love you, Tania. Love you, Tania. Keep on keeping on. Hope you get a good rest.”

February 24, 2025. 7:00 AM Pittsburgh, PA. “Pittsburgh from the US Steel Building… c/o my cousin Barb”. -Joe P

February 25, 2025—NORMAN AT SUNSET— need description

February 25, 2025. Sunset 7:54 PM. Philadelphia, PA.

“That was from an airplane near Philadelphia over the Schuylkill River.”
Wendy Mae Chambers

I grew up within radio news reports about the Schuylkill Expressway-- famous for traffic accidents-- every day-- It was known locally as the "Sure Kill" Expressway (BH)

February 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM. San Francisco, CA Friday rush hour on the way to Opening of Chelsea Ryoki Wong at the Oakland Museum. It’s a wonderful show and was worth every minute of the 2 ½ hours it took me to drive 14 miles! https://museumca.org/on-view/an-installation-by-chelsea-ryoko-wong-omca-artist-in-residence/

Ahhhh looks warm…

January 27, 2025. Sunset 6:04 PM.

“From sunset cruise in the Sea of Cortez, January 27, 2025”
Linda and Lamar

College tours-- ALREADY!!?!?!

Jan 18, 2025. Sunset 5:17 PM. Morro Strand State Beach, Morro Bay, CA.

I joined my friend Krys and her son Kazi (my godson) for one day 8-hour roundtrip drive to Cal Poly to attend the Winter Orchesis Dance Company performance. Congratulations to the performers and choreographers for their beautiful work and best wishes going forward.

17 years has time warp jumped from brand new baby looking at the world for the first time to checking out colleges. I’m so honored and grateful to have been even a small part of this journey (the long one and this relatively brief one).

We took a break at to visit the beach at Morro Bay and to ring down the day before heading back onto the frenetic freeway ride home.

Big Day-- Trifecta +1

January 4, 2025. Sunset 4:42.
Cape Charles HWY 13, Chesapeake Bay, VA.

"Pretty sky on the way home to Philly" Ginger and Jack

January 4, 2025. Sunset 4:58 PM. Los Angeles, CA.

“Here is the Hermosa Beach sunset for the Trifecta”
-EB and RM

January 4, 2025. 5:04 PM. Daly City, CA.

BH parking lot outside Sketchers

January 4, 2025. 5:04 PM. San Francisco, CA.

NT with the big bell at home

It's always Equilux at the Equator

January 3, 2025. Sunrise 8:35 AM. Casablanca, Morocco.

“interesting so close to the equator has such a late sunrise” YES!!
Joe P

Norman at home

January 2, 2025. Sunset 5:02 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Tony and the mushrooms

January 1, 2025. Sunset 5:01 PM. San Francisco, CA. Bright orange next generation-- Same place as last year. Poisonous? little miracle

Bright orange next generation-- Same place as last year. Poisonous? little miracle.

Golden Gate First Morning on the Bridge 2025

January 1, 2025. Sunrise 7:25 AM. Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA.
Lynne and Pete on the Golden Gate Bridge before sunrise. A rare view in so many ways—I’ve never been on the bridge that early- I have hardly been anywhere outside of my house (my bed, even) that early in the morning—thank you guys!!