A storm on Monday night knocked out our power for almost four days. I have never been without electricity at home for this long. The first thing I did was buy a new flashlight:

I found that I could do many things in limited light, like sketching. The candle in this sketch provided the only light in the room. I did not hold the flashlight over my work and being unable to see details on the page freed me up:

Another thing I did was listen to AM radio on a small “6 transistor” from the 1960s (this sketch was done in May). Just the thing for getting back to basics:

And tonight, when I came home to find the power restored, the first thing I did was plug in the computer and get onto the Internet.