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Daylight Saving Time

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Did you change your clocks back?  Although it means it will be darker when we get home at night, I am glad it is not daylight saving time year round. Smartly dressed in the latest '70's styles, Greg is minding his little cousin. (I just noticed he has a death grip on her arm - she is not getting away from him.) When our son started kindergarten in 1976, I was due to deliver our second baby in just a couple of weeks. Our old place in Knoxville sets atop a steep hill at the end of a tree shaded and winding driveway about a quarter of a mile from the bus stop. It was pretty shadowy even in broad daylight so I walked Greg down the hill every morning until Laura was born in mid-September. This was the year, in an effort to be more energy conscious, daylight saving time remained in effect all year. I was now in a real quandary. Do I leave a newborn baby unattended in a house that might spontaneously combust during the fifteen minutes I was gone or do I run the ri...