It's already getting lighter. By now we're getting about half an hour more sunlight than we did at winter solstice.
Sunrise inches back towards 7am - this I know because the sky lightens before I've finished my morning run. Sunset inches back towards 5pm, this I know from the lingering colors up there when I get to leave work on the early side.
What do I mean by monkey bars? Winter is so dark, and so cold, that I find myself holding my breath through certain milestones, I think of swinging from monkey bars to avoid the alligator pit underneath the playground structure.
January 23: the first day our daylight increases by two minutes or more per day.
Feb. 1: 10 hours of daylight.
Feb 2: the date the average daily temperature in Massachusetts starts going back up, degree by degree.
Truck Day (Feb 5, 2013)
Pitchers and Catchers (Feb 10)
Full Squad 2/15
TBD when I hear the first Grapefruit radio broadcast
March 20, first day of Spring.
By then it might still be snowy and cold. Or rainy and cold. But it'll be light, and any cold that lingers is really expensive for someone. The sun by then totally has the advantage. And I'll stand down my guard against those alligators.
How do you survive the winter?
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