Our electricity has been out all evening. A large tree limb broke and fell into the power lines 9 houses away from ours. Luckily my phone still has 64% power left and I’m able to publish my blog tonight.

We were going to have lasagna for dinner to celebrate my dad’s birthday, but the oven wouldn’t work without electricity. Luckily we have a gas stove, and even though the igniter switch wouldn’t work, matches were successful and we were able to boil water to make spaghetti instead to go with my mom’s famous sauce.

Juliana set the table so nicely and we ate by candlelight. I kinda liked not having power. We sat around the table longer and roasted and toasted my dad with our favorite memories and stories of his life these past 65+ years!

We enjoyed strawberry rhubarb pie and ice cream for dessert and waited for the electricity to return, which was expected an hour ago but still no luck.

I’m happy we were able to just flow with the unexpected outage tonight and make the best of things. And it really makes me appreciate the gifts of electricity that we take for granted.

Happy birthday, Pops!

Namaste.