When the Lights Go Out
This weekend, we lost power during the wild windstorm that screamed through on Sunday afternoon. All afternoon we had watched as the wind roared through the trees. We joke that anytime a squirrel farts in our woods, we lose power. We expected to lose power as soon as the winds started picking up. Of course, we had just picked up a load of cardboard for making new garden beds. The winds tossed those everywhere but where we wanted them. The rain started coming down sideways like a wave of needles. For a good solid minute, none of the rain hit the ground... no joke. It was all sideways. Never seen such a thing before! And then, just as quickly, click and the lights went out. We assembled the candles and flashlights. Our phones had more than half battery power. We settled in for a late afternoon blackout. It was 4pm. It looked like 8pm outside. Not total darkness...but visibility was next to nil. The sun hid behind the clouds until it had squeezed all of the rain ou...