Back in South Dakota a couple of summers ago we had a storm that left my side of town without power for I think it was 6-9 hours. it was at nite so kiddo was sleeping next to me on the couch while I sat up reading by candle light.

When the power goes out here, it usually doesn't take too long for it to come back up. A day or two at the very most. When I was growing up, my father worked for the power company, so every time there was thunder, he wouldn't bother going to bed, knowing he'd be called out to work. I can tell ya that somewhere in the top of an electricity pole would not be my ideal place to be during a thunderstorm!

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Si à travers nos veines coule encore le sang...
Si dans les jeux d'enfants on entend encore l'accent...
Si nous sentons encore l'espoir de nos grands-parents...
Si dans les voiles du large souffle encore le vent...
Y'a jamais eu de Grand Dérangement.

Last night, after the kids went to bed we played Scrabble by candlelight. Around 10:30 or so, our asses hurt too much from sitting at the kitchen table so we considered our options.

1. Talk
2. Fuck


We went upstairs.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.

I think I can remember going for 3 or 4 days without power during a cold snap once. At least the apartment had a fireplace.

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Put me on wheels and I'll turn tricks.

Clever? Nah, I ran out of that years ago. But if you find this, let me know, k?
"The road goes ever on..." ~ Tolkien

In memory of my friend skip...
Go then, there are other worlds than these

10 hrs is the most i can recall....

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2 1/2 days we lose it for a day or so at least during hurricanes

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back in the late 80s we had a major ice storm and was without power for almost 3 weeks (lived at the end of the line) kept a fire in the fireplace,used a lot of coleman fuel for lights and cooking. but if you have a well you dont have any water either!you just make the best of it by
1.talking
.playing games
pile the covers on and go to bed early
snuggle a LOT!

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The mind never forgets what the hands have learned