Daylight savings time came early this year!  What happened?  Whose idea was this?  It probably was an act of Congress.  I was just getting used to “standard” time and now someone changed it back to day light savings again!

      I think Benjamin Franklin was the first to suggest the idea of changing our clocks during the summer months.  I’m not sure why.  Maybe it would allow farmers to have more daylight to harvest their crops.  Then, I think it was used again during World War II to extend the day light for farm and factory production. 

      Now, I hear that daylight savings will help us save energy and use less electricity.  But, I wonder if we will end up using more water since we will have longer evenings to water our lawns and wash our cars?

      I’ve heard that it is not good to fool Mother Nature.  I wonder if changing our clocks and changing our work habits will make people more grumpy and less happy?  Will we have more road rage because people will be late to work because they stayed up to late in the long summer evenings.  Mother Nature may not like us tinkering with her schedule.

      One benefit that I see from all of this is that it provides more time to play golf!  I love to enjoy a round of golf in the late afternoon and early evening.  The heat cools down and the shadows grow long.  Birds, rabbits and ground squirrels wander out on the fairway.  I think day light savings may actually improve my golf game.

      So, let me suggest that you find a reason to enjoy daylight savings this year.  It sure came early.  I’m sure there must be a good reason for upsetting Mother Nature!