Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

You know, Lord, it’s a glorious bright sunny morning that dawned a few hours ago. We just heard about a test so let’s see how the Sunshine Test works? It probably works best after a bit of rain for then the whole scene from the window looks scrubbed and clean. It’s lovely out there as the evergreens trees almost sparkle; why, even the few clouds that are sailing above look fluffy and white and freshly washed.

The sun shines brightly through the windows, but — oops! Those windows just barely pass the test and here we had just washed them and thought they were dirt-free! From inside...