After living over twenty-five years in the rain forest, I’ve learned to appreciate Payne’s gray skies, fog, and even dark, wet nights. But watching the sunrise above a fogbank down channel makes me wonder why we are not all sun worshipers. It’s like eating candy at the end of a Lenten fast. But, if this clear spell holds for more than a few days we will turn grumpy until a storm rolls in off the Pacific to bring back the gray.