Day 391

April 6, 2021. Sunset 7:37 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Day 12:50:35 vs Night 11:09:25
how are you spending your time in this extra 50 minutes of sunlight?
Day 391 sunsets at home

Day 390

April 5, 2021. Sunset 7:36 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Day 12:48:12 vs Night 11:11:48. Welcome home- neighbors
Day 390 sunsets at home

"When you talk you are only repeating something you already know. But, if you listen you may learn something new." - Dalai Lama

April 4, 2021. Sunset 7:35 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Happy Easter – hoping for a contagion to open our hearts and minds.
Day 12:45:48 vs Night 11:14:12
Day 389 sunsets at home

Day 388

April 3, 2021. Sunset 7:34 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Day 12:43:23 Night 11:16:37.
You'd think it could ring itself by now.
Day 388 sunsets at home

Day 387

April 2, 2021. Sunset 7:33 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Everyone here right on time-- cold and blustery.
Day 12:40:59 Night 11:19:01
Day 387 sunsets at home

Mooncake Sunset

April 1, 2021. Sunset 7:32 PM.

“Ocean Beach mooncake sunset.”
Thanks Elisabeth Beaird and Richard Marriott
A few minutes later, just down the street from Norman and Matt.

Day 386 - no fooling

April 1, 2021. Sunset 7:32 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Daytime 12:38:34 Nighttime 11:21::26 Day 386 sunsets at home

Day 385

March 31, 2021. Sunset 7:32 PM. San Francisco, CA.
Daytime 12:36:09 / Nighttime 11:23:51

Day 385 sunset at home

Happy Birthday, Mom

Day 384

March 30, 2021. Sunset 7:31 PM. San Francisco, CA. Happy Birthday Mom from me and Bob Dylan. This would have been her 88th birthday— 25 years gone. I miss you Mom.
Day 384 sunsets at home since the shelter in place order last year

Day 383

March 29, 2021. Sunset 7:30 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Only 9 days since the Equinox and we already have 1 more hour of daylight at this latitude---
Daytime 12:31:18 Nighttime 11:29:42
Day 383 sunset at home

Day 382

March 28, 2021. Sunset 7:29 PM. San Francisco, CA.

A quiet audience for this noisy evening. 12:28:53
Day 382 sunset at home

Day 381

March 27, 2021. Sunset 7:28 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Sharing a Passover sundown. Counting our blessings. Happy Passover.
12:26:27
Day 381 sunset at home

Day 380

March 26, 2021. Sunset 7:27 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Me, Matt and Norman. The house band... 12:24:01
Day 380 since March 11, 2020

Day 379

March 25, 2021. Sunset 7:26 PM. San Francisco, CA.

With each minute of added daylight, we also slowly drift from purple to orange.
12:21:34
Day 379 since March 11, 2020

Day 378

March 24, 2021. Sunset 7:25 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Joining the regulars this evening--special guests Amir, Tara and Aloo who is just 9 weeks old.
12:19:08
Day 378 since March 11, 2020

Ocean Beach

March 24, 2021. Sunset 7:25 PM. San Francisco, CA.

“Ocean Beach blustery sunset”
- Elisabeth Beaird and Richard Marriott

Day 377

March 23, 2021. Sunset 7:24 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Look what the wind blew in-- Thanks Elisabeth and Richard for bringing the bells and gongs- It's been a while since we heard them around here. And thank you, Paul for the snack. Moon rising over the band reunion and friends. Plus THE bird is back. Extra noisy tonight-
12:16:41
Day 377 since March 11, 2020

Day 376

March 22, 2021. Sunset 7:23 PM. San Francisco, CA.

12:14:15. Good evening
Day 376 since March 11, 2020.

Day 375

March 21, 2021. Sunset 7:20 PM. San Francisco, CA.

So windy this evening, it must be the "in like a lion" part of Spring. Digging in the dirt to resume in the morning- Planting a new sewer pipe. 12:11:48
Day 375 since March 11, 2020.

New Sounds...

March 21, 2021 7:19pm. Sunset, Berkeley Marina.

“New Sounds.”
-Thea Farhadian
Thank you Thea-- Such a clear evening! What is the music? It's been a while since I've seen silhouettes along the shoreline there. It used to be such a magical moment - a gentle gathering at the end of the day- Fraught for so long now, it's a little jarring. A hesitating welcome, I realize I'm still holding my breath.

Day 374 - Happy Equinox!

March 20, 2021. Sunset 7:21 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Happy Equinox! Brand new Spring moon rising.
12:09:21 The sun is pushing through more than 2 1/2 minutes a day. Let's hope some illumination follows sooner than later.
Day 374 since March 11, 2020

Day 373

March 19, 2021. Sunset 7:21 PM. San Francisco, CA.

12:06:54 Equinox moon on the rise…
Day 373 since March 11, 2020

Day 372

March 18, 2021. Sunset 7:20 PM. San Francisco, CA.

I forgot my mask!
12:04:27
Day 372 since March 11, 2020

Day 371

March 17, 2021. Sunset 7:19. San Francisco, CA.

Leaning into the light at 12:02:00 today. Tipping towards the Equinox and Spring, Happy St. Patrick's Day in the meantime.
Day 371 since March 11, 2020

Day 370-- Happy Equilux!

March 16, 2021. Sunrise 7:18 AM and Sunset 7:18 PM. San Francisco, CA.

We have finally arrived (at this latitude) to the day of equal light and dark!!
11:59:33 Light vs 12:00:27 Dark. A few more neighbors stopped by to celebrate this evening. Happy Equilux!
Day 370 since March 11, 2020

Day 369

March 15, 2021. Sunset 7:17 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Clear and windy- Blowing towards the Equilux TOMORROW- equal day and equal night-- wait for it....
For now: 11:57:06 for the light side.
Day 369 since March 11, 2020

Day 368

March 14, 2021. Sunset 7:16. PM. San Francisco, CA.

Daylight Savings Time begins. Not one of my favorite days of the year. The one reliable, smooth transition in these times - is our ride around the sun. Seasons come and go, crossfading from one to the next. The sun rises and sets, daylight and darkness incrementally exchanging places with one another. If we were to single out any particular day from any year and compare the balance of daylight and darkness on that exact day in any other year in the history of time, it would be about the same. Yet, somehow, it seems we’ve come to equate Daylight Savings Time with the notion of Daylight Preservation Time. That somehow, by wrenching the clocks an hour forwards every Spring we will prolong the daylight. The daylight that is already increasing very nicely all on its own. And what about the morning? Oh, we’ve chopped off that hour of light and tacked it onto the end of the day instead. Ah- so let’s yank the time back an hour in the fall so we can shift that shrunken window of light to illuminate the start of our day now that it’s become too dark in the morning. It makes perfect sense to me to stop the sudden changes back and forth and to accept the gentle expansion and contraction of the day as if it were breathing light. However, the idea of remaining in Daylight Savings Time strikes me as a bit delusional, a futile attempt to keep the darkness from returning too soon at the end of the day. I would prefer to stay in Standard time for many reasons. Not the least of which is that it signals a willingness to be in sync with the rest of the world.
Day 368 since March 11, 2020