C: Night Sounds
Arkansas has only one “extreme” season: summer. Our winters are fairly mild, and very cold days are always interspersed with some warmer days. Snow is a fleeting treat. So we have only summer to contend with, really, so far as hard weather Days on end of triple-digit temperatures can drag you down, and the older I get, the harder it is for me to take the heat! Now we have reached one of my favorite points in the year: open window season. Both summer and winter preclude this, but spring and fall each offer weeks of mild weather where the windows can be thrown open to freshen the house. My favorite part of this is sleeping with my bedroom window open, which I did last night. I live in the country and, though I hear the occasional car way up on the main road, during the deep night what predominates are natural sounds, the sounds of the woods which surround my house. There is something comforting to me about these, and while I am awake lis...