A violent storm packing hurricane force winds has downed trees and knocked out power to many Massachusetts communities, including mine. Today’s post started out on good old-fashioned paper and worked its way back to the digital age over the course of 24 hours. Let’s open Door number 20. It’s around here somewhere…
December 20, 2025
Darkness is conducive to poetry. For me, undistracted thought after the sun goes down usually leads to haiku or altered song lyrics. Today’s entry is a brief observation based on the last 24 hours spent without electricity. I don’t trust that the power will stay on, so let’s get to it!
Power outages
are a writer's time machine
back to quill and ink.
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