And a few hours later....

June 21, 2022. Sunset 8:35 PM. San Francisco, CA.

"The big sister from across the street ringing in the Solstice"-- NT
I love those purple shoes!

Happy Solstice from the East River

June 21, 2022. Sunset 8:30 PM. Brooklyn, NY.

PREP FOR SUNSET CELEBRATION
5 sets of bells and cards. Gloves and masks-- for the dailybell river crossing bell-ringing Summer solstice sunset team!
We will be riding on the NYC East River Ferry from DUMBO to Wall St at sunset this evening.
Happy Solstice everyone!!

VIDEO of event by Hannah Hutchinson-- COMING SOON!

"Alone in the Universe"

June 17, 2022. Sunset 8:34 PM. San Francisco, CA.

"All alone"- NT.
Thank you for dragging the bell down to the street, Norman. I would say that yes- you are all alone — but only locally- right there at the sidewalk. And it’s probably not much consolation to think of other people who are appreciating that moment with you — But we are. I am!

More Cosmic Action!

June 14, 2022

Last Chance tonight-- June's full moon is a strawberry supermoon.
Here's how to watch:
FYI: In New York, for example, Tuesday's sunset is at 8:28 p.m. ET and moonrise is at 9:16 p.m. ET. In Los Angeles, those times are 8:05 p.m. PT and 8:57 p.m. PT. You can find your local moonrise and moonset times here.
Sunset 8:30 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Norman solo

5 more minutes of light from coast to coast

June 9, 2022. Sunset 8:30 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Full house this evening-- Thanks Norman for holding down the West Coast fort.
Sunset was at 8:25 in Brooklyn-- It looks like we each have 5 minutes more daylight at the end of the day before heading back the other way-- Sunrises are another matter altogether…-- Also don’t forget to look for the the 7-planet alignment at sunrise this month.

Planetary Alignment all month.

June 4, 2022
For all of you early risers -- Something to look forward to all month.

"All seven major planets congregate in the morning sky — yes, all seven! The five naked-eye planets line up in order of distance from the Sun, stretched along the ecliptic. The Moon joins in later this month... "
Have a look

June 2, 2022. Sunset 8:21 PM. New York, NY.
Remembering my brother Bill on his birthday while celebrating outside of the Derek Eller Gallery in Manhattan where Nancy had another show for her work. It is a beautiful show and this was a lovely evening.

I thank everyone for taking the moment to share this particular sunset with me. Congratulations dear Nancy

and Happy Birthday Bill.

A sun sets in Brooklyn

May 22, 2022. Sunset 8:12 PM. Brooklyn, NY.

So glad to arrive in time for my first sunset in Brooklyn for what feels like summer. Looking down Broadway past the Mona Lisa of Williamsburg to the East River. Sultry.

May 20, 2022. Sunset 8:33 PM. Ironwood, MI.

A few minutes after sun melting over Lake Superior—
Thanks Kathy- looking steamy!

Eclipse Bookends End. Thank you Erik

May 16, 2022.
Thank you Erik for inviting us to participate in your collective project to commit these past two weeks to compassionate noting.

“Eclipse and eclipse are parentheses around vivid attention. We engage with the two-week interim as a lamp for finding, firming, bearing witness. In particular, note changes. This is in support of a theme: Changed-for-Changing”.

These bookend eclipses come to an end — However, if you missed either the lunar or solar eclipse this month—There are 2 more this year. Have a look.
Hoping for clear skies next time.

Eclipse eclipsed

May 15, 2022. Sunset 8:12 PM. San Francisco, CA.

This is where the full lunar blood moon spectacular eclipse is beginning. Those clouds will continue to roll in and unfortunately, we didn't see any of it. Congratulations to everyone who got a glimpse. We hear it was beautiful!

Standing below the start of the eclipse we would never see. San Francisco fog rules the sky once again.

Eclipse notice!

May 14, 2022. Eclipse notice!

OOoooo. Look out tomorrow evening! Everyone on the East Coast will have a chance to watch this in darkness (weather permitting). For those of us on the West Coast, this will be in progress at sunset-- We should still be able to see a red moon as it falls into shadow. Here's a handy site to look up what time the eclipse will be happening wherever you are

Orchestra Obscura

May 14, 2022. Sunset 8:12 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Congratulations to everyone in Krys Bobrowski’s “New Interfaces for Making Music” course at San Mateo College. An amazing display of creativity, grace under pressure and transparency of the process of working with technology that mostly fails in the early days.

An evening of work and ongoing installation, Orchestra Obscura was presented by the wonderful Center for New Music. Orchestra Obscura was presented by the wonderful Center for New Music.

Changed-for-Changing – Erik Ehn-- DAY 15

May 13, 2022. Sunset 8:11 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Truck leaners this evening.

Changed-for-Changing – Erik Ehn-- DAY 14

Still loud. Still cold.

May 12, 2022. Sunset 8:10 PM. San Francisco, CA.

And golden.

Changed-for-Changing – Erik Ehn-- DAY 13

lost in thought(s)

May 11, 2022. Sunset 8:09 PM. San Francisco, CA.

It looks like Kiki has a new leash. Dressing up for the occasion? Thank you Matt and Norman (and Kiki) for holding down the fort tonight.

Changed-for-Changing – Erik Ehn-- DAY 12

sky spinning cotton candy and gold

May 10, 2022. Sunset 8:08 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Yes, it’s still cold and blustery but it’s all about that pink and gold sky tonight. What a blessing!
Changed-for-Changing – Erik Ehn-- DAY 11

Same cast of characters. Different outfits

May 9, 2022. Sunset 8:07 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Something nice must be growing there- or perhaps it's essence of gopher?

Changed-for-Changing – Erik Ehn-- DAY 10

all about the smells

May 8, 2022. Sunset 8:06 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Business as usual—BUT VERY WINDY-- must be lots of good things to smell.

Changed-for-Changing – Erik Ehn-- DAY 9

If you look closely...

May 7, 2022. Sunset 8:05 PM. San Francisco, CA.

He’s hard to see waving from the window, but our young neighbor next door joins Matt and Kiki from across the street for a momentary pause/pose.

Changed-for-Changing – Erik Ehn-- (Week 2, DAY 8- between eclipses)

Changed-for-Changing – Erik Ehn-- DAY 7

May 6, 2022. Sunset 8:04 PM. San Francisco, CA.

(I'm a little distracted by how Mardi's zipper draws such a straight line from her chin through the gap between her legs to the ground). Super fog turned to drizzle just after the sun set. We need so much more!!!

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

May 5, 2022. Sunset 8:03 PM (again). San Francisco, CA.

Our neighbors join us for a loud and clangorous recognition of the bravery of the fierce and outnumbered then and now.

Changed-for-Changing – Erik Ehn-- DAY 6

She's back!

May 4, 2022. Sunset 8:03 PM. San Francisco, CA.

I was afraid we would never hear this bird again—but she’s back. It seems like May is her time to be here—She has a beautiful song and was singing right above our heads!! back and forth with a relative down the street at sunset this evening. If you want to hear what a Canadian member of her family sounds like— here’s a link to listen to the white-throated sparrow. Welcome back birdie!

Changed-for-Changing – Erik Ehn-- DAY 5

Cross species siblings

May 3, 2022. Sunset 8:02 PM. San Francisco, CA.

There's a long story in this photo. These neighbors have been involved with the sunset bellringing since we began more than 15 years ago. Henry was 3 years old. This evening he was telling us how his dog (you can see her little tail there) runs to the door every night when she hears the bell. He could have been talking about his younger self. We would see him plastered to the window across the street, all excited, usually in his pajamas. History repeating itself. Thank you Matt for your reliable presence and company here for all these years.

Changed-for-Changing – Erik Ehn-- DAY 4

Come as you are

May 2, 2022. Sunset 8:01 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Come as you are. Pajamas welcome. And to all a goodnight.

Changed-for-Changing – Erik Ehn-- DAY 3

cracked the hour

May 1, 2022.Sunset 8:00 PM. San Francisco, CA.

We have finally broken through to 8:00 sunset!!! Neighbors with gongs and dogs. Blustery grey sunset. Pavlovian dogs- our most reliable company for the bell ringing. They like the outing.

Changed-for-Changing – Erik Ehn-- DAY 2

something good is still happening---

April 30, 2022. Sunset 7:59 PM. San Francisco, CA.
MINI PROGRESS REPORT---
I have been negligent about sharing the fact that the dailybell has continued to witness and ring bells as usual- for every sunrise and sunset since the onset of the sheltering in place mandate for covid. It’s one thing to keep the flame going but another matter entirely to let people know that it is still happening. Especially these days, it’s nice to know that something good is going on, even if you are not involved directly.

So here’s today’s sunset-- the 10,468th sun crossing since beginning in 2008— In addition to observing and ringing bells on each occasion since 2008, we have been rolling the big bell down to the sidewalk each evening for the past 772 days and documenting EVERY sunset (since the Shelter in Place mandate came out in March of 2020). Perhaps the tree has grown, but mostly it looks pretty much the same around here every evening.

Changed-for-Changing – Erik Ehn

April 30, 2022. San Francisco, CA.
There was a solar eclipse today on 4/30/22, to be followed by a lunar eclipse a couple of weeks from now on 5/15/22 (or 5/16, depending on your time zone).

For the next 2 weeks, we will be merging the dailybell sunrise/sunset observances with Erik Ehn’s Changed-for-Changing project: “a commitment to passionate noting”- taking the current occurrences of eclipses as containers for this noting. “Eclipse and eclipse are parentheses around vivid attention. We engage with the two-week interim as a lamp for finding, firming, bearing witness.”


The dailybell seemed fitting as an activity to participate with taking today’s Solar eclipse as a beginning and the total Lunar eclipse on May 15th and 16th as the end of the time bracket for Erik’s project. Keep an eye out for the upcoming eclipse as well as the dailybell documentation of “passionate noting” between now and then. I offer the next 2 weeks and 2 days as a reminder and celebration of this hope for shared awareness to anyone who would like to know about it.

mostly for the flightless birds

April 30, 2022.

Partial eclipse of the sun-- that some lucky people in South America and the South Pacific Ocean as well as the penguins in Antarctica will be able to see. Even so, it's a rare enough planetary event that it's worth a moment to take on that perspective. Here's some info

"Red sky at Hermosa"

April 18, 2022. Sunset 7:27 PM. Hermosa Beach, CA.

- Elisabeth Beaird and Richard Marriott At 3, then 5 minutes after sunset. Hard to believe what just 2 minutes further below the horizon can do.

more from my friend Joe P--

April 17, 2022. Sunset 6:54 PM. Tucson, AZ.

"Last night’s sunset at Las Cienegas Recreation area south of #tucson. Courtesy of my friend’s Glenn & Nita…it doesn’t get more stunning than that! Thanks for sharing your #cubbyvanlife"

any which way

April 17, 2022. Sunset 7:36 PM. New Paultz, NY.

"this is a sunset near New Paltz my sister took the pic"
- Connie K
I couldn't resist the flip!

April 14, 2022. Sunset 8:01 PM. Stockholm, Sweden.

“Today’s sunset in Stockholm SE courtesy of my daughter Ella!”
The day is already quite a bit longer than it is here in the US. Sunrise was at 5:36 AM--- Wow
-Joe Pokrifka

as the world turns-- flares?

April 12, 2022. Sunset 7:22 PM. Hermosa Beach, CA.

“5 minutes and 1 minutes to sunset on Hermosa Pier. It's super windy.”
- Elisabeth Beaird and Richard Marriott

coming soon...

April 11, 2022. Sunset 7:43 PM. Ironwood, MI.

Still wintry sunset over Lake Michigan. Though it looks like spring is trying to break through... Little trees patiently waiting to be planted.
- Kathy Roman

Welcome Cameron!

April 9, 2022. Sunset 7:40 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Big sister rings in the 3rd sunset of her baby brother's entry into this world. Congratulations to our neighbors across the way.

Almost there...

April 1, 2022. Sunset 7:32 PM. San Francisco, CA.

"Ocean Beach about 7:18"
- Elisabeth Beaird and Richard Marriott.

27 years ago

March 30, 2022. Sunset 7:30 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Happy Birthday, Mom. It's hard to believe how much time has passed since we sat here on this lumpy couch together a year before she died. 19,724 sunrises and sunsets ago.

sunset sentries

March 30, 2022. Sunset 7:06 PM. Joshua Tree, California.

"Joshua Tree at sunset. Happy Bell ringing"
- Krys, Chien, Kazi and Zo.
(The sun sets almost 1/2 hour earlier there-- melting away)