Daylight Saving Time and Cubiculture

The evenings are long, now, which means Keith, upon his daily return from the "cubiculture," can actually get a feel for what's going on around the farm (and what needs to be done) while it's still light. This is something he looks forward to throughout the winter.

However, I understand that at least some full-time farmers don't care for it: their day starts at the same time no matter what the government clock says, and ends when the sun goes down. Therefore, the spring time shift is exhausting for them, increasing the length of their already-long and tiring workday.

The tentdwellers refuse to recognize this "government-imposed 'longer' day." They choose to go by God's day, following the sun's cues as to when the day begins and ends. This, however, is difficult for a family that is involved in cubiculture: Keith still has to adhere to regular business hours in his "cubicle." As a result, he's able to get something done some evenings around here, but our "down-time" together as a family now is often more of a work-time, with only a bit of time for family worship before going to bed.

A huge advantage we have this spring that we've not had before is the tentdwellers: they are incredible, getting a lot done for themselves, but also getting an incredible amount of work done on the farm. So much of the work around here would have to wait until Keith could do it, or at least lead us in it, but these folks are seeing that soooo much of it gets done! It's really quite exciting to see all that has been accomplished in the last couple of months, solely because of their presence. Not only is work getting done, but we're having wonderful fellowship. It's great having them here.

Mary Susan