Yesterday was the last day of Daylight Savings Time for 2025. By the time DST ends, I’m generally happy to see it go. Sunset is early enough that you’re not gaining all that much by extending it an hour, and sunrises have become late enough that you’re getting up in the dark.

This late sunrise does make it easier to be up and about for it, and so, for the past few years, I’ve tried to view it from the ocean. Generally, I don’t bother setting an alarm; if I oversleep, I figure I needed to. But the intention is usually enough to get me up. The past few years I’ve done it from Castle Island; this year, I was a little more confident I could get down to Nantasket in time.