Rhyme and Reason from my Empty Nest

                                                                       Is it really that time again? Guess so...against our wishes. The unwelcomed "falling back." We love the extra hour of sleep we gain but hate the hour of sun we lose. Who can we blame - or I mean give credit - for this regular occurrence that makes zero sense to most of us? Most attribute DST to Good Ole Ben Franklin but the worthy recipient should be George Hudson . Why anyone listened to this man in New Zealand in 1895, I'm not sure. Being an entomologist , he wanted more daylight to track down his bugs. We've been bugged by this ever since. Benjamin Franklin jested about DST in a satirical essay in 1784 proclaiming candles and lamp oil could be saved by changing sleep schedules. Guess Ben underestimated his influence not knowing we'd han...