Brighter (and warmer) days ahead

I’m hope everyone is enjoying the extra hour of sunlight afforded to us by daylight saving time. If you haven’t already done so, then advance your clocks so you’re not later than usual to your Zoom and in-person meetups this week.

It’s still fool's spring here in Baltimore, so my space heater and furnace (is that what that thing in the basement is called?) are taking turns keeping myself and my family warm. We have Alice H. Parker — a name not widely known — to thank for her contributions to society with the invention of the heater.

Today’s newsletter note won’t be a riddle, but a haiku poem. If it’s been a while since your grade school lesson on what a haiku is, here's a reminder. A haiku is a Japanese poetry form written in three lines: five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second, and five syllables for the third. Here is a haiku about Alice H. Parker:

Cool air, warm home bright,

Alice Parker’s invention,

Gas-fueled heat delight.

— Technical.ly reporter Alanah Nichole Davis (alanah@technical.ly)