In the dark

   I’m sitting here in the dark, and my only source of power is this computer.  Apparently a transformer blew on our street a few hours ago while we were at church.  I returned to this dark house, and made quick business of lighting candles.  The walls creek around me as it is a very windy night, and the Christmas trees in our back yard are silhouetted by the light from the church only a few feet away.  Yeah – there is electricity a few feet away, but not in our humble abode. 

So, I type and wait for the battery in this computer to die.  Because there is nothing else to do but sit in the dark and wait for my husband to come home, I blog about the darkness, the calm and the quiet.  My flashlight sits in the corner, illuminating a spot on the wall.   There are almost ten candles that flicker in the peaceful quiet of this house.  My reflection stares back me in the window while the trees sway and the wind howls.