'Suns as rays - words like atoms - years like hours?'
- Lord Byron

'Little golden objects that set lazy men to idle dreaming'
-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

I invested in a new set of suede curtains yesterday to fend off the friendly neighborhood voyeurs that our household has attracted. My room, once exposed to over-illumination, has now become like the inside of a butterfly's cocoon; dark, alluring and you leave bearing colorful wings.