Another storm slammed us this afternoon. The second Sunday afternoon in a row that we’ve had wild storms. Last week we didn’t lose power, but this week we have. Our whole road and area along with plenty of others across the county are without power. The crews are out there working, but other storms keep rolling through. It’s not dark …
A Stormy Day
Summertime always brings a few storms. I was just about to go out and pick my blackberries before the birds ate them all and check whether the varmints had been back after the tomatoes, when the sky started getting dark and even began rumbling at me. Not to be deterred, I picked the blackberries anyway since the thunder was simply …
Turning on the Lights
I’m guessing that hardly any of you can remember when you didn’t have electricity. I don’t. There have been those times when we have had power outages for one reason or another. Two times in the last few years we lost electricity for a week due to ice storms. In the terrible ice storm in 2009, light poles fell like …
Home at Last with a Severe Case of Baby Withdrawal
I’m back in Kentucky. There’s still snow and ice here. In WV there was just snow. But that nice layer of ice we got first way back last week is frozen hard on the ground here in Kentucky. The roads aren’t too bad unless you get off the main roads. You know, like on the road to my house, but …