Carpenter’s Column: Playing hide and seek at night

To know the abyss of darkness and not fear it, to entrust oneself to it and whatever may arise from it — what greater gift? — Ursula K. Le Guin

I remember why I’m unafraid of the dark. Technically, I’m unafraid of a particular kind of darkness. Dark alleys, unlit basements, deep caves scare the bejeesus out of me.