THE PERFECT DAY
It’s light now for more than 12 hours a day. The sun rises above the icy horizon not long after 8 am, is still radiating its brightness now, at 8 pm and will set sometime after 9 pm tonight. The days are getting increasingly long, motivating me to create a dark place in my apartment for sound sleep during the summer when the sun is up 24 hours a day. My blackout curtains last year didn’t prevent bright beams of sun from shining around their edges into my bedroom all through the night creating the illusion that it was midday. I continually felt as though I should be up and being productive, making the most of the lightness, so consequently didn’t feel rested for most of the summer. Foiling my windows prevents one from seeing out during the day, so plan B is developing this year. My apartment has a wonderful room in the hallway that works well as a library for me with two tall bookshelves and a place to sit and enjoy reading or praying. My thought is to move one of the s