Jo by candlelight (with apologies to NBCL ;-))

Everything always seems easier by candlelight.

I have a tealight candleabra on my desk, it's nice to write longhand on paper by candlelight after dark. All that's lighting the room now are six candles, the monitor, the slight red L.E.D. glow of the emergency light's 'charging' signal, and the faintest glow of streetlight through the curtains... orange, white, red.

I love the rich mixture of shadows against the walls, deep rich black hollows, little creeping phantoms that flicker with the flame, long spidery shapes against the walls.

I come alive when everyone else has gone to bed.

Calmer now too, but then I always am in my own company, with candlelight and soft soothing music.

I need to find a job that lets me work from home, then I can keep my own hours and enjoy the darkness!