Usually at this time of year when people become frustrated at having to change their clocks to adjust to daylight saving time, there is a spate of letters to the editor bemoaning the practice and demanding that the Legislature follow the lead of Arizona and do away with DST. I for one do not want to see a change unless the entire country changes also. I have children living in various time zones, and my aging brain has a hard enough time figuring what time it is there when I call them. The thought of having to figure out the difference that they’re on DST and I’m not boggles my mind. Also, think about the difficulty in airline schedules it would make!

Another consideration for me is that when I was a working person, I was grateful for the long summer evenings that allowed me to work late in my garden. Perhaps DST could start later in the spring for the whole country so that children do not have to leave for school in the dark. I do not think, however, that it is a plot by business interests and the government, and just maybe it does accomplish a savings in our use of power.

Carol N. Baer, Millcreek