Power is out.
Again.
Wind storm tonight, first quarter moon and overcast so it’s really dark. Odd day it’s been, started off with a pretty good little earthquake. Temp got up to 44° today, really Old Man Winter?? First time I’ve seen the end of October this warm.
We were working up the last of our meat chickens, that we slaughtered on Sunday evening, we were on the second to last one when the final flicker happened. Thankfully I had filled some reserve jugs of water earlier and with what capacity we have in the lines/pressure tank we had enough water to finish the job.
I already had the canner prepped with a batch of canned chicken meat (I had run a batch of chicken broth this morning!). Propane cooktop still works, just have to manually light the burners. We know how to make do!
So here I sit in the darkness, with a headlamp on for light when I need it, a phone with half a charge, listening to my canner weight dancing around its 11# psi. Watching the blue glow of the burner flame faintly illuminating that portion of the kitchen. While the dog prances around wondering why it’s so dark. Waiting for my 90 minute timer to go off.
Power should be restored by 3 am the Power Company says. Not that I’ll care at that point, hope to be sound asleep before then.
I probably should consider a generator for times like these. However inconvenient losing power is, it kinda brings a sense of calm, a slowing down, a moment of pause . I’m not so sure I want that generator after all.
I remember back when we were kids, living on 6th street, when the power would go off we’d get so excited! We busy ourselves with grabbing the candles and lighting them only for the power to always come back on within very few minutes (our close proximity to the hospital meant we were never down long).
Awww, those were the good old days.
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