Mature Landscaping

Ah San Diego. What a nice place to celebrate the ...

2012-02-09T11:06:23.409-05:00

Ah San Diego. What a nice place to celebrate the end of the day. To bad you can't stay permanently.

I only "sundown" when it gets dark, and ...

2012-02-07T21:22:29.399-05:00

I only "sundown" when it gets dark, and then the electricity goes out -- which has happened twice so far this winter. Anyway, you shouldn't have to worry about it in San Diego -- there's more daylight out on So.Calif., isn't there?

Is Leslie sharing a boyfriend?

2012-02-07T18:42:13.422-05:00

Is Leslie sharing a boyfriend?

Have a lovely time away and partake of a sundowner...

2012-02-07T17:33:45.687-05:00

Have a lovely time away and partake of a sundowner each evening, you hear?
They'll do you good and you'll forget all about Zeitgebers.

T'aint right at all. This is the wint...

2012-02-07T08:16:58.677-05:00

T'aint right at all. This is the winter of our discontent. But Nance, if you can write all this on Superbowl Sunday, you ain't sundowning.

Last Friday, I wrote about the very same thing: my damn circadian rhythm's a-haywire! But it's less about light than it is about the dearth of snow. Oh heck, maybe it's the time of year, too. No, that simply can't be!

May sunny southern CA warm your soul and serve as an antidote for all toenail anomalies. ;)

Either you're a long,long way from dementia or...

2012-02-07T06:27:21.162-05:00

Either you're a long,long way from dementia or you made up all those words - a sure sign you're losing it.You write like a freight train barelling down the track at 100mph, all head-on momentum. I love it.

It might take two drinks to get over the frustrati...

2012-02-06T19:29:49.695-05:00

It might take two drinks to get over the frustration ;-)

Your friend bet on the weather?

2012-02-06T19:27:58.685-05:00

Your friend bet on the weather?

That Twitter mood survey sounds fascinating. And S...

2012-02-06T19:26:20.739-05:00

That Twitter mood survey sounds fascinating. And Seasonal Affective Disorder has always struck me as one of those universals that should never have been labeled a disorder or made it into the DSM; every human is vulnerable to circadian disruption to a degree and it's more about latitude than individual brain chemistry, methinks.

There is a sadness to sundown, especially if one h...

2012-02-06T19:19:56.379-05:00

There is a sadness to sundown, especially if one hasn't reached home yet, which would make perfect sense to the evo-psych folks. How on earth do the creationists explain anything without evolution?

Your boyfriend says Hey!

I think couch gravity is increasing as a function ...

2012-02-06T19:16:41.306-05:00

I think couch gravity is increasing as a function of global warming, don't you?

High praise from a master. My day is made.

2012-02-06T19:15:18.114-05:00

High praise from a master. My day is made.

Big words and concealer will see us through, deari...

2012-02-06T19:14:17.976-05:00

Big words and concealer will see us through, dearie. You've been known to juggle a few polysyllabic phrases yourself.

I'd never make it on the night shift; I came h...

2012-02-06T19:11:50.796-05:00

I'd never make it on the night shift; I came home from prom at eleven because I was sleepy. It doesn't seem to have dampened your creativity, I notice.

Rx: Martinis and cigars, po, prn, sundown, deck. C...

2012-02-06T19:10:05.078-05:00

Rx: Martinis and cigars, po, prn, sundown, deck. Check.

Well, first you send me running to the dictionary ...

2012-02-06T19:08:19.548-05:00

Well, first you send me running to the dictionary in search of definition for said German term....found it, then saw your fancy boxed info.
Second you completely alter my comprehension of sundowning. I was heading off for a drink, preferably something featuring gin, to celebrate sundown with you only to learn that sundown is to be regretted or some such.
Finally I read you are digitally challenged. Huh.
Enjoy your California respite, your five year old grandson and your Kindle Fire.

I'm already having laptop withdrawal!

2012-02-06T19:07:34.713-05:00

I'm already having laptop withdrawal!

You are my favorite person to not be the only one ...

2012-02-06T19:06:50.437-05:00

You are my favorite person to not be the only one with.

this warm weather is costing my best friend a fort...

2012-02-06T18:17:41.796-05:00

this warm weather is costing my best friend a fortune. he went long on leveraged natural gas contracts and the results aren't pretty.

in the summer sundown means it's time to battle the mosquitoes!

Well, I'm sorry, but I can't hear the word...

2012-02-06T10:56:37.064-05:00

Well, I'm sorry, but I can't hear the word "sundown" in just about ANY context without also hearing, in my mind, "I can see her lyin' back in her satin dress/In a room where you do what you don't confess..." Which in turn just makes me feel all, y'know, frisky.

Of course that's a woman's (nick)name, though, not a syndrome. Still, I much prefer to think about Sundowning in this sense than about the lowercase variety. Happily Sundowning, here.

I saw a recent report of a study of Twitter users' moods. It analyzed mass quantities of tweets for keywords like awesome and annoyed, vis-à-vis the time the tweet was posted. Maybe not surprisingly, they seem to have observed that Twitter users (and hence, they suggest, everyone) tend to be significantly more upbeat and hopeful in the morning hours (I think the window of time was 6 to 9 AM) than in the afternoon.

Anyhow, (lowercase) sundowning seems to be a microcosmic relative of Seasonal Affective Disorder. The winding down of anything is almost always more "fraught" than its startup, and I guess us elder types at least subconsciously see in the waning light other, more personal sorts of endings.

Enjoy San Diego, Ms. (and Mr.) Mature. In a way it's good to know you'll be offline, as it suggests that we can with impunity graffiti the place up while you're away.

Brilliantly witty, even if I did have to use the o...

2012-02-06T10:12:36.873-05:00

Brilliantly witty, even if I did have to use the online dictionary a couple of times (something I often find myself doing with Murr as well). Ever since I was a little girl a few centuries ago, I've always found dusk to be a melancholy time of day. Riding the bus at the end of the day and seeing lights coming on in people's homes seemed to signify some undefined but symbolic happening. Obviously it had nothing to do with "edging closer to Medicare eligibility" but "on entropic chaos of the stochastic process," although I don't think I've ever adapted.

I hope you and my boyfriend have a grand time in California and a very happy birthday to your grandson.

Have a great time in So Cal! Our winter has been t...

2012-02-06T10:06:47.226-05:00

Have a great time in So Cal! Our winter has been too warm with not enough snow and I saw PUSSYWILLOWS the other day! THey usually start in March, not January! And robins are starting to overwinter here. It worries me greatly.

I think I'm sundowning too. I want to go lie on the couch at 6 pm every night! :)

Nance? I love, love, love this post. I already kne...

2012-02-06T01:32:37.626-05:00

Nance? I love, love, love this post. I already knew what "sundowning" meant and suppressed a qualm, but I found myself rolling with your slung words as you slang 'em.

Nance, you've expanded my vocabulary and given...

2012-02-06T00:38:42.407-05:00

Nance, you've expanded my vocabulary and given me some serious laughter as well. I don't think that you need worry that in your case sundowning has anything to do with dementia or senility. Your wit is far too sharp for that to be the case and you know a lot of big words! Enjoy the visit to California.

If I get the creepy crawlies as the sun sets, i...

2012-02-06T00:29:28.959-05:00
If I get the creepy crawlies as the sun sets, it's merely a sign of my advanced and highly evolved adaptability...

As someone who works the night shift I do not like thinking what my backwards schedule does to my mental and physical condition.