Lights Out

I hadn’t realized the lights had gone out because the computer had switched to battery until I tried to turn on the light. Nothing worked, the fuse box had all switches at normal position. Going downstairs, the neighbors were out on the street, not unusual because many of the neighbors sit and talk for hours on the street. They were without lights too.

An examination showed a good part of the town was out. I went to my friend Barbara’s. Since she had a gas stove, she was able to cook dinner, goat. At this time of the year it doesn’t get dark until at least 10 p.m. We ate by candlelight and I was about to borrow a candle to get back to my place.

We looked outside. The lights had come back on and we hadn’t noticed.