Let's talk about circadian clocks and dogs. Our girls refused to set their circadian clocks forward an hour last spring, and they have not gone back to standard time. They are still on daylight saving time, and they cannot be convinced that they should just sleep an extra hour in the mornings. They will not have any part of it. I knew it would happen. The little white girl is passive/aggressive (I don't know where she gets it). The grey girl lets the white girl do all the work and reaps the advantages of being the 'good girl.' Nobody gets any extra sleep in this house, but at least they are not afraid of rain or thunder. Not that there is such a thing here in central Texas this time of year. Although I have a variety of wreck pics I could have dazzled you with today, I chose to go with a cloud pic instead. Relax. Look at the clouds. You are getting sleepy...mainly because it is an hour later than you think it is!Hermitage -- Noun. 1. the habitation or condition of a hermit. 2. a secluded residence or private retreat. also, monastery.
"At a Catholic hermitage near Lac Saint-Jean, the Franciscan Capuchin friar Sylvain Richer told me he grew up saying "Beam me up, Scotty.'" Calvin Woodward, Associated Press, June 29, 2015
Did You Know? Hermitage is of course (of course) related to hermit, a word for one who retreats from society to live in solitude, ofter for religious reasons. The origins of hermitage and hermit are found in Greek. Eremos (meaning "desolate") gave rise to eremia (meaning "desert") and eventually to the noun eremites, which was used for a person living in the desert, or, more broadly, for a recluse. The word journeyed from Greek to Latin to Angle-French to the Middle English, where it eventually transformed into hermit. The related hermitage was borrowed into English from Anglo-French in the 14th century. A hermitage can be the dwelling of a hermit (e.g., a mountain shack or monastery) or simply a secluded home.
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