LIGHTS OUT RECENTLY HERE IN MARIN WAS A STARTLING POUND ON OUR HUMAN SOULS RAISING A RED FLAG TO GET OUR ATTENTION. IT WORKED. HUMBLED HUNDREDS LEARNED Want to add a caption to this image? Click the Settings icon. , AS I DID TO SIT IN ONE ROOM ALL NIGHT, WITH FAMILY MEMBERS, DEPENDING ON THE FIREPLACE FOR HEAT. AT THE SAME TIME, WE WERE COMPELLED TO LISTEN TO TAPES AND VIDEO SELECTIONS BEYOND OUR RANGES. I SUFFERED THROUGH THREE SHOW OF MAMAS’ HOME, WATCHING CAROL BURNETT WITH FRESH SMOKE-FILLED EYES. YET AT THE END, I NOW KNOW MY FAMILY MEMBERS BETTER, MY SONS HAVE UNIQUE TASTES IN RADIO AND VIDEO AND THERE IS A COZY FEELING OF JOINING TOGETHER, TALKING TO EACH OTHER ABOUT DEEP TOPICS FOR LONGER THAN TWO MINUTES. AND PRAISE GOD, NO INTERNET, NO TEXT, TEE -HEE-HEE. LET ME NOT FORGET SILENCE IS INDEED GOLDEN, AND DARK SILENCE CAN SEND US DEEP INSIDE OURSELVES WHERE THERE ARE RICHES THAT GO UNTAPPED.