The Adventure of "Candle Days"

Couldn't let too much time go by without reflecting on how this past weekend, while not something we'd have wished for, was also a sort of "urban adventure". The whole scenario, reading by candle light, cooking on the outdoor grill in January, and warming our home via fireplace was both surreal and a bit reassuring. It was neat to discover we didn't have to be run out of our home just because our ready access to the almighty kilowatt was cut off. I found myself thinking about people in lots of places worldwide for whom electricity is not a regular option. And then I felt blest. Blest to have a resourceful spouse, blest to have a house with a fireplace, blest to have good friends to share the candlelight with, and blest to have time to share a bottle of wine and good conversations with those friends and spouse instead of the usual round of television or videos with which we generally insulate ourselves. (Even blest not to have a computer that I could "connect to the world" with for a few days.) Interesting. Might it be a good idea to stage my own "imaginary ice storm" every now and then when life gets too frantic and unkind? Hmmmm? Definitely worth thinking about... I know I look younger in candlelight! :-)