Ever notice that when you’re sick or hurt and you just want to crawl under the covers for comfort suddenly every leaf blower in the neighborhood starts up? Well thank God the sun’s gone down and it’s almost quiet. Someone is still plugging away at it in the pitch dark, but at least that someone is far away. Ahhh. We occasionally read about the medical benefits of quiet, but nothing quite drives it home like the sudden sensation of the cacophony.