GAITHERSBURG — California residents adore their sun and every year when June rolls around they get a bit cranky! June gloom is a weather model of warm, inland air clashing with the cold Pacific; make a marine layer that usually lasts all day. Gloomy days upset people’s interior body clocks and could rob people of their energy, enthusiasm, appetite control, and sex drive. Scientists have found that light is the major synchronizer of your inner body clock. Exposure to sunlight or to non-natural light of sufficient brightness within fifteen minutes of awakening could aid in anchoring daily (circadian) rhythms, and may help people feel better. The light, transmitted through the eyes, sends desires to the tiny cluster of brain cells in the pineal gland which function as internal clocks, governing sleep, wakefulness, and mood. Free information is available by calling: Winter Blues Information Network, 1-888-SAD-AWAY (723-2929). For information about light therapy devices,

contact: The Sun Box Company, 19217 Orbit Drive, Gaithersburg, MD, 1-800-LITE-YOU (548-3968), http://www.sunbox.com, e-mail: sunbox@aol.com.