Wake up to discover that we have no electricity and consequently no internet. So coffee via water heated on the gas hob. Fortunately enough beans already ground. But reading the morning newspapers clearly not on. And no way to check on how widespread the outage is. Amazingly quiet outside, though. None of the normal construction and mechanical noises - just the odd car driving past.
Ask J what we did after coffee during our winter travels in the days before we had internet access. Well, read ‘real’ books, for one thing. And they had to be read in the daytime because most places we stayed had inadequate lighting, typically badly placed forty watt bulbs. And yes, J had been known to replace same with higher wattage. Ebooks, among their other virtues, compensate for poor lighting.
The outside world as hazy as the dust forecasts predicted. Small cat, though, happy to curl up on a cushion we seem to have left on an outside chair, making herself very comfortable. And stays for hours.
Power off (barring a few false starts) until nearly half past one when we leave for the Blue Song. Once restored we get the explanations - sort of. Problem state wide and caused, the electric authority says, by the combination of high humidity and an excess of atmospheric dust affecting high voltage lines. Some skepticism re explanation, but power is back.
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