
One of our cats, Desi, is really sick, our vet was due here at 9:00pm. Just before 9 a thunderstorm began, then a couple of minutes later the power went out, just in our court. Then the vet turned up and we sat there discussing what to do by candlelight.
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Wed 19 Aug 2009, 4:21,
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It made for a kind of odd feeling of intimacy which could have felt really out of place, but it was actually good, kind of soothing and humanizing.
It's got me thinking about some of the less obvious effects that houselights have on our lives.
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Wed 19 Aug 2009, 4:31,
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It's got me thinking about some of the less obvious effects that houselights have on our lives.