This is the 2nd journal format of material that began last spring as a short book BACK IN BUSINESS. The distinct view of the journal is that a rational explanation for Day 1's light is the arrival of starlight, not a miracle-light, nor 'Christ, ' nor the 'shekinah, ' etc. This is coupled with the fact that Genesis 1 confines itself to the local earth scene, while--and because--the lifeless distant universe was 'spread out' (in Job, Psalms, Isaiah) somewhat earlier (the question hinges on light-years to sources nearest the earth). This structure of Biblical cosmology also stays close to the picture of 2 Peter 3. No matter how many times stated, the adjective 'lifeless' does not seem to register in the minds of most readers! Nor does the local emphasis, which is actually those objects which move, from earth's POV. The journal views the 'spreading out' event as enacted by God, but like almost all explosions--a very sharp decline in energy immediately sets in. This explains a certain water-covered rock sitting in utter darkness, before Day. That's our home, carefully designed like pottery (2 Peter 3) for us. Those who believe in an inexplicable uncaused Big Bang will hopefully see the sense of Genesis 1 if the general term creation includes the additional details of the 'spreading out' and of the scene before Day 1 found in 1:2, and then the creation week.