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The recent storms have done some damage. We took inventory today:

• massive, tire-eating ruts in the driveway
• one downed oak tree
• one downed birch tree, plus fence damage
• broken branches in precarious positions
• and, dare I say it, general debris.

We lost power again, too, late on the 30th. I woke on the 31st with disturbing visions of hosting our New Year’s Eve dinner party by candlelight, without benefit of ovens or the five hours of MP3s I’d arranged to accompany the phases of the evening. But as I was laying in bed that morning, mourning the blank unpowered face of my LCD alarm clock, I heard a remote beep, and then a surge in white noise as the furnace kicked on… and with relief I abandoned plans of serving cold soup, warm salad, and extra layers of clothing.

Ironically, today I went shopping for a chainsaw.