dailybell: We’re teetering

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2008 was the inaugural year in an ongoing, aspirational project dedicated to the observation of the sun every time it crosses the horizon and to sharing the awareness of that moment with others while ringing bells. It is based on the conviction that something as inarguable as the movement of the earth can be used as a point of unity and awareness among large groups of people who might otherwise find it impossible to agree. Want to Participate? www.facebook.com/dailybell.sunwatch/

Sunday, September 25, 2022

We’re teetering

September 25, 2022. Sunset 7:01 PM. San Francisco, CA.
On the edge of balance between endings and beginning; light and darkness.

Rosh Hashana year 5783 begins this evening at sundown. L’Shanah Tovah! Happy New Year to everyone who celebrates the beginning of this 5783 year.

And for an even finer point of balance—like those last few ounces on the doctor’s scale--
While the Equinox brought a generic point of planetary balance regarding the amount of daylight to darkness, the Equilux (literally Equal light) is the fine tuning of that balance based on where you actually live - choose Sunrise and Sunset calendar, then enter you town

Hard to call it around here. Today we have 1:30 more light than night. Tomorrow, we will have actually crossed over into the darkness by 6 seconds. Your call. I prefer to wait until the last minute to acknowledge that inevitable creep into darker mornings and earlier sunsets.