In the Land of Living Skies: Reacquainting Ourselves with the Night (2022)
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I'll sit in the middle of a dark forest while camping, but I'll be damned if I'll ever turn off every light in my house at night! I'm well into middle age and still afraid of a dark house. Human's are weird.