This morning, a little after 8 a.m., the power went out in our little hamlet. Flicker of the lights, beep of the smoke detectors, thought it might come back right away, but no. Time to call the power company. Ah, but the home phone has an electric base, so there was no way to call out from it. Naturally, the internet and television were inoperable as well. Good thing we get a paper bill…
Now that the heyday of personal blogs is long past, why have blogs gotten so much more attractive? So much beauty, so few readers. [Sigh]
Olio: a miscellaneous collection of things Today has been a gray, sleepy day, which reminds me …. I came across 2 articles online recently related to sleep, thus this special Sleep Edition of Olio. First up, from Medium, “The Sleep Routines of Successful People.” [https://medium.com/life-learning/the-sleep-routines-of-successful-people-c2c84ec35cf5#.db2zewo0b] This article provides a brief list of the number of hours certain successful – read: famous successful – people get per night. You’ll recognize most, if not all, of them when…