Seeing things in a new light

Lina, a widow with wishful tendencies, stars in the next story. I had to make her a widow, because if her husband were alive, she wouldn't be able to stop herself from telling him about the fascinating predictions she's read from some scientist on the Internet. But since he's gone, she's surrounded by younger people -- sons, a daughter-in-law, and a couple of homestay students -- and she knows they'd be skeptical.

Dr. Harcus tells his audience that the earth is about to experience a cosmic event that will boost the quality of its light -- and everyone's quality of life -- permanently.

It's all supposed to happen by the last new moon of the year . . .

(Banner image by geralt, prism by tombud, both at Pixabay.)