I’ll dig into the scientific background of it soon but for once in my life I’m in a place where procrastination and a lack of ambition have a background grounded in place. The dark effects us in strange, strange ways.
For the last three weeks or so, I’ve been as anti-social and withdrawn as I get - a tired, quiet sort escaping to books, movies, video games, and solitude. Maintaining a sense of exploration and creativity here can be a struggle against the dark.

Fortunately, the struggle seems to come in waves and it feels as if I’m about to slip back into the mainstream. Sleep is coming again in large, all-night chunks and (at least after a cup or two of coffee) I feel awake and rested. We run an interesting gauntlet here in the space between sunrise and sunset. The human body is not built to handle so many months without the sun, so many months without it touching one’s skin…