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Eva’s Byte #330 – The Reprieve
“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” Cynthia Ozick
While I’m grateful for many things on a daily basis, I become more appreciative of electrical power when stormy weather threatens to snatch it away via downed trees and snapped utility poles. Such was the case when tropical storm – category one hurricane – tropical storm Henri battered the Northeast with brutal winds and heavy rain on Sunday, knocking out power for most of coastal Rhode Island.
Up to and including the aftermath of Henri, I got busy on my desktop computer with proofreading, editing, and revising the finished draft of my Contemporary work in progress. Bracing myself for a power outage at any moment, I saved my work every couple of minutes. As a result of keeping my nose to the grindstone, I had covered ground from chapters 11 through 23, progressing to Part 2. I’m now approaching the halfway mark of my novel.
Had the storm stopped me in my tracks, I would have worked on crossword puzzles and would have written this blog in longhand. It wouldn’t be the first time: Eva’s Byte # 133: Weathering a Storm—Longhand.
While I’m grateful for the reprieve so I could continue working in my capacity as an author, I’m especially grateful because my refrigerator and freezer weren’t adversely affected. That wasn’t the case for thousands of Rhode Islanders, now expected to have their power by mid-day of Wednesday.
Compared to the destruction of major cataclysms and the devastation of war, these hardships wrought by a hurricane just passing through are short-lived in the grand scheme of life.
*May each of us pivot from optimism and gratitude during storms of any nature.
My sincere appreciation if you’ve read this far.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: https://tinyurl.com/yycm7d2w
While I’m grateful for many things on a daily basis, I become more appreciative of electrical power when stormy weather threatens to snatch it away via downed trees and snapped utility poles. Such was the case when tropical storm – category one hurricane – tropical storm Henri battered the Northeast with brutal winds and heavy rain on Sunday, knocking out power for most of coastal Rhode Island.
Up to and including the aftermath of Henri, I got busy on my desktop computer with proofreading, editing, and revising the finished draft of my Contemporary work in progress. Bracing myself for a power outage at any moment, I saved my work every couple of minutes. As a result of keeping my nose to the grindstone, I had covered ground from chapters 11 through 23, progressing to Part 2. I’m now approaching the halfway mark of my novel.
Had the storm stopped me in my tracks, I would have worked on crossword puzzles and would have written this blog in longhand. It wouldn’t be the first time: Eva’s Byte # 133: Weathering a Storm—Longhand.
While I’m grateful for the reprieve so I could continue working in my capacity as an author, I’m especially grateful because my refrigerator and freezer weren’t adversely affected. That wasn’t the case for thousands of Rhode Islanders, now expected to have their power by mid-day of Wednesday.
Compared to the destruction of major cataclysms and the devastation of war, these hardships wrought by a hurricane just passing through are short-lived in the grand scheme of life.
*May each of us pivot from optimism and gratitude during storms of any nature.
My sincere appreciation if you’ve read this far.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: https://tinyurl.com/yycm7d2w
