Our power goes out a lot here, but usually only briefly.  This time time it took four hours to be restored.  So I read classic short stories aloud by lantern light:  James Herriot, Mark Twain, and a grande finale of Edgar Allan Poe.  Have you ever tried reading Poe right after Twain?  It’s hilarious.  Hard to keep a straight face.

It got a little warm inside, but finally the power came back, just as these solar dragonfly lights lit up.