<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Life in Libraries]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[cbecker53]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/author/cbecker53/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Help! No Electricity!]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Our electricity went out for over an hour on Sunday.  Luckily, it was neither 20° below, nor 100° above.  And as it happened, I just happened to be sitting outside with Afton when it happened.</p>
<p><a href="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_0838.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="4537" data-permalink="https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/help-no-electricity/img_0838/" data-orig-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_0838.jpg" data-orig-size="5184,3456" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="IMG_0838" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_0838.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_0838.jpg?w=1024" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4537" alt="IMG_0838" src="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_0838.jpg?w=300&#038;h=200" width="300" height="200" srcset="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_0838.jpg?w=300&amp;h=200 300w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_0838.jpg?w=600&amp;h=400 600w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_0838.jpg?w=150&amp;h=100 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>But as soon as I realized we had no &#8220;juice,&#8221; suddenly there were all sorts of things I thought I needed to do that required electricity.  I needed to warm some food in the microwave.  I needed to work on some blog posts.  I needed to work on the online class I&#8217;ll be teaching in the fall.  But, none of these could I do.  😦  So, I settled for reading a book for awhile, waiting for a frozen slice of bread to thaw naturally, instead of in the microwave, and then, even helping clean the house.</p>
<p><a href="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/file0001144476253.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="4538" data-permalink="https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/help-no-electricity/file0001144476253/" data-orig-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/file0001144476253.jpg" data-orig-size="3008,2000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1118579508&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;34&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="file0001144476253" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/file0001144476253.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/file0001144476253.jpg?w=1024" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4538" alt="file0001144476253" src="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/file0001144476253.jpg?w=300&#038;h=199" width="300" height="199" srcset="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/file0001144476253.jpg?w=300&amp;h=199 300w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/file0001144476253.jpg?w=600&amp;h=398 600w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/file0001144476253.jpg?w=150&amp;h=100 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>And finally, it came back on.  And I breathed a sigh of relief.  I couldn&#8217;t even have gone to the library to use a computer, because it was Sunday!  Oh well, thank goodness I had been to the library the day before so at least I had new books to read.  🙂</p>
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