Tuesday, September 1, 2009

When the Lights Go Out

Last Thursday evening we lost power for a few hours when a small plane clipped one of the power lines south of us. We spent the evening outside, watching the sunset, eating by candlelight, talking. An unexpected respite from tv and all the other worldly "pleasures. " I don't wish for more power outages but...

3 comments:

CJGallegos said...

It's a beautiful time. The last time it happened here we played board games, talked, watched the stars and it was SO quiet..

smartz said...

I wonder if it would work as well if we just turned off the tv and radio and lights and sat outside? Worth a try.

CJGallegos said...

Smartz, I don't think that will work. The air will still be electrically charged. (that's my sientific opinion.)