We still have power for the moment. As Charlie said, the flickers warn of a local outage soon, but many in Maine as well as our coffee-deprived friends in NH will be without it for a few days at least. It's flickering a lot here, and we expect to wave goodbye to the electricity soon. I know Brunswick and Portland are among the many cities and towns that have been severely impacted.

We are grateful for wood, coal, and propane heat, grateful to have oil lamps and candles and battery-powered flashlights and radios. We can cook on the propane kitchen stoves, as well as the heat stoves. We have filled buckets and milk jugs with pure sweet well water, and every kettle and soup pot is full of water too. All the laundry is hung to dry, all the kitchen dishes have been washed except what I'm mixing goodies in.

Bread is rising, cornbread and biscuits and apple pie will go into the oven soon, and we have soups, meats, and veggies packed into the freezer and fridge. Jeri- I wish I could get some of this good coffee to you!

Last time we had a serious ice storm in Maine, this area was without power for a couple of weeks, but neighbors looked after one another. We'll do the same this time.

Keep safe and warm, friends.

maeve