sunrise

Every morning when I drive to work I take the bypass almost directly east into the morning sun coming up over the Green Mountains. It is really amazing how much the position of the sunrise varies from north to south over the course of the year. In the summer, the sun seems to be coming up over Mendon to the north. In the depths of winter, the sun rises over Cuttingsville in the south. The sunrise on my morning drive works as well as any calendar.