January 11. According to the people who keep track of these things, the sun here in Edmonton will set 7 hours, 51 minutes and 45 seconds after it rises. Makes for a pretty short day really. But the day has already lengthened by 24 minutes and 27 seconds since it reached its shortest point three weeks ago. And it will grow another 15 minutes and 12 seconds by the time next Thursday rolls around.
The change has been uneven. So far we’ve gained Only 2 minutes of precious morning sunshine, while the evening light has grown by 22 minutes. But this is the week when things begin to change. This is the week when the morning sun begins to pick up speed. It will have gained six minutes by next Thursday and soon it will be taking on two minutes a day.
I shall try to remember to notice all this when I get to thinking that things don’t change much.
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