West Seattle
On Friday the 13th, the power went off on just as I was starting dinner. We were home from the Symphony and settling in for the night. No wind, no storm, no nothing. We've lost power at our house more times in the last 2 years than in the previous 40 years.
This time, apparently a tree fell on lines far south of us. Who knows, maybe the grid is stressed from the new housing density. Electric and Internet lines are strung off old wooden poles in West Seattle, both unsightly and vulnerable.
Anyway, this particular grid, which includes a long stretch of Alki Beach, is only a block wide in places. So if you live along one of the unlucky perimeters, you can see the cheerful lights glowing in the house right across the way. Misery loves company, and before long you resent your neighbors for nothing more than their good luck. This has happened several times.
Then just as I was getting into pioneer life (almost total silence and dinner by candlelight) the alarm squawked and everything jumped back to life. Fortunately, a shorter outage this time around.
What else is new? Rain every day in the forecast this week. No news there. We're looking forward to an upcoming trip to southern California. It should be dried out by then and beautiful in the desert.
Not much to do this weekend except watch football. I had a gigantic bunch of bananas from Costco and made a cake, also some candied walnuts.
The walnuts are boiled first, then coated in a light sugar honey syrup, finally baked. An interesting and tricky recipe. There's about 30 seconds between mahogany perfection and a burnt mess of expensive nuts. They're are not as sweet as they look, and addictive. Also good in stir fry if you haven't eaten them all first.
Happy holiday Monday!
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