The Dog Days of Summer. The Ides of March. What do we call the dark days of January...maybe Darkened, Darkish, Darksome, Dim, Gloomy, or Somber? But then the sun comes out and for a few hours it's Beaming, Glowing, Lambent, Radiant, and Lustrous. The sun shines fiercely in the pale blue sky, waking me up and driving me outside to bask in my chair on the deck. So what do we call these days, the da…