Back to black
When we got back from Italy last week, we returned to a surprise: a power outage. There was about an hour of daylight left, so we were able to dig out some tea lights and flash lights and get ourselves set up. And fortunately, we have a gas stove, and were able to get some tea going.
It was all very London-during-the-blitz, as we sat around drinking our tea by candlelight for a couple of hours before the power came on, and it wasn’t half bad. Normally, when we get home, we pounce right online and back into our normal work lives. It was rather nice not to have that as an option, to simply relax with tea and candles, however involuntarily, for a few hours before resuming everyday life. I wonder if we’d have the discipline to do that without a power outage. I suspect we wouldn’t.
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I’m guessing you’re on a public sewer. Where I live in Cow Hampshire, we’re on a well and septic, both controlled by electric pumps. No lights = no light, no heat, no running water, no flushing toilets. Coming home from a long trip to no lights would be a cause for much cursing (and possibly a night in a local motel if the condition persisted).
It’s wonderful you were able to use the situation for some enforced downtime. One of the joys of city living. I don’t miss the crowds, noise, and pollution, but man do I ever miss the plumbing. : )
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