New Light

Hello,

 

The local power company had a goal of reinstalling all the street lights by the end of January. These lights or often poles have been gone since the storm on August 10. It seemed a lofty goal with over a 1000 left to do. We now, as of February 1, have a street light in the middle of our block as does the next block up. We also walk by another new pole that has just recently been put up. It is good to have the light, but I had gotten used to the dark, so the light does not feel that it was necessary. The dark was quite ordinary, almost a friend.

 

Once on a winter night when I was quite young, my dad came in to tell us to come out and look at the northern lights. It was quite beautiful and breathtaking with even the snow looking red. City lights would never let us see such a thing.

 

In the summer when all the power for the city was off, the dark was a different issue as we could not see around the apartment. Since then I have heard of people tripping over something in the dark during those nights and getting injured. There were questions about what do we do when we are depending on lantern light. Reading did not seem possible and even playing games was a bit of a struggle. Light is missed when there is no possibility of turning it on.

 

Now it is especially bright out at night with all of the light reflecting off the snow.

 

Paula