Thursday, October 09, 2008
in the dark
have you noticed that baby boomers have issues with lights? both my father and my inlaws seem to be light obsessed, deprived. preferring the darkness. a friend of ours says her parents carry flashlights with them in the house so they won't have to turn hallway lights on. part of it seems a green effort, lower electricity bills and the like. for me. someone who has fallen down a dark set of stairs and then it took crutches and months, maybe even years to get over the twisted ankle, pulled muscles and resulting lack of exercise..it seems insane. that whole tumble could have been avoided with a night light so i could see the last step properly. i just want to see and not fall, is that so wrong? the irony is that for my father, the lights obsession is selective. when it is show and tell time...the tour of neighbours thru the house for a brag fest of the latest project...no expense spared. lights, camera, action. every possible light is on.
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noticed the same as you.my mother is over 80 and my husbands mother 77. i think it's becaise they experienced wartime. of cours almost no lights in europe when planes flew over the land during night. an other point they think normal 60 W needs a lot of energie even sparlights also and that costs money. my son told them that the fridge an all this other things need a lot of more energy, but they're not able to imagine the difference. i have the linght on during night even when we are on holliday. so our house seems to be lived-in. many people do it here. one once to be save and tell "hello i'm here" so keep out of the houes "thief".
probably in town its not so necessary. we live in a small village 2800 peoples. an near us is a nuclear power station.
i really nedd enough light in the house to feel good.
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