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If you’re in Denmark right now, you’ll know that we’re coming up on the year’s longest day this week.  June 21.  You know it because it starts getting light at 4 in the morning, and the sun doesn’t go down until 10:30 or 11 at night and then you’re up again at 4 in the morning. In between it never gets really dark, just like in December it never gets very light. During the dark times, I know that I wait and wait for the light times to come.  Sometimes I count – only 3 more months until the light times! Only 6 more weeks to the light times! When the light times do get here, they’re actually kind of annoying.  Sure, it’s great to have some sun, and those long summer evenings.  Green trees and the wildflowers are gorgeous. But with all that light, it’s kind of difficult to sleep.  Everyone I know has blackout curtains and wears sleep masks. They don’t always work, though, particularly when it’s hot, and people start to get a bit crabby after a few weeks of limited sleep.  The fact that it’s light until 11pm is g