Katy McKenna Raymond  
Personal blog of christian writer Katy McKenna Raymond in Kansas City, Missouri

Personal blog of christian
writer & fallible mom
Katy McKenna Raymond
in Kansas City, Missouri


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Until the third day, when the sun finally shone, there was no beauty at all. There were only shades from bleakest gray to abject black. In the midst of the lightlessness, the repeated crack of gunfire, followed by another shuddering collapse upon the frozen ground. All evening, all night, and all through the second dark day and night, our eyes and ears turned to the sound, sometimes every fifteen seconds, sometimes as seldom as once per minute. With the sun's return on Friday, we finally saw with clarity what we might wish to have remained hidden. The sky, a brilliant blue background for the ice enshrouded willowy branches, like a center jewel of deepest sapphire surrounded by a thousand gleaming diamonds. But, then, the ground, which should have been merely white with ice and perhaps a trace of innocent snow, strewn far and wide with the blackened branches claimed in icy battle. And if by chance no branch rests upon a small piece of ground, each blade of grass there stands up to celebrate, each one encased in its own tube of shimmering glass. Two birds just landed on a perch of jewels, but not for long. They flitted from the very edge of a hanging twig to a spot nearer the trunk. Then, perhaps sensing that even the center may not hold, they moved to the porch railing, which stands steady. The center will hold, I thought, and wanted to tell them. The center will hold. Until the third day, when the sun finally shone, there was no beauty at all. [more pics]
Posted by Katy on 02/02/02 at 06:21 PM
Fallible Comments...
  1. Bridgie--Doug says it will take months to get ours taken care of--blech! He and Kev have been plugging away at it. Glad you had power, though! "Tearing down" all the powerless paraphernalia after the power comes back on is like taking down all the Christmas decorations! It took a half day! Love,
    Posted by Katy  on  12/31/69  at  12:00 PM
  2. Jon--Generators are SO nice! This is the first time we've actually used it, and we were able to run the fridge, the other freezer, the furnace and some lights. Cool, huh?
    Posted by Katy  on  12/31/69  at  12:00 PM
  3. Your yard looked a lot like ours! Still trying to clean up... I'm amazed we never lost power.
    Posted by Bridget  on  12/31/69  at  12:00 PM
  4. Generators are nice...
    Posted by Jon  on  12/31/69  at  12:00 PM
  5. Hey, Nancy--We lost power for 72 hours, and even the phones went for 24. Used the propane space heater and eventually charged the battery for the generator and fired it up! All those Y2K preps do come in handy. I'm, like, SO vindicated! Thanks.
    Posted by Katy  on  12/31/69  at  12:00 PM
  6. Katy - Doug, are you guys ok? Mom said that you didn't lose power. Your pictures are awesome-terrible! But I liked your caption on the weathervane pic! Keep warm! - Nancy
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    Posted by Nancy  on  12/31/69  at  12:00 PM
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