Between

Dusk is a lovely time of day to take a walk outside. There’s still enough light to see your companions and the terrain, yet it makes lovely shadows behind them. You get to watch the sun disappear behind the horizon and count the minutes before the light disappears.


Inside, dusk is tricky. It’s too dark to make dinner without turning on the lights, but too early to shut the blinds. Why waste illumination from a perfectly good space explosion just to be able to see whether the water is boiling yet? Sometimes it’s a bit hard to determine the optimal time for discarding use of the sun: not too light, but not too dark, the precise moment varying day to day with the style of weather that influences the light.


If you’re not sure precisely when to close the curtains and turn on the lamp, just wait. In time, the side of the rock that we live on will spin away from our nearest and best source of heat and light, and we’ll have to resort to using our own inventions to see through the dark.


The time between day and night doesn’t last long, so enjoy it (outside) while you can.