Still no power at the Pearce abode. Naturally, it takes just as long to restore power to three or four customers as it takes to get 100 homes restored. And since our home is one of only two homes that receives power from the main lines up the street, we’ll likley be one of the …
Monthly Archives: December 2002
Sheets of ice
Winter arrived to the Raleigh, North Carolina, area Wednesday afternoon as storms delivered sheets of ice that sent trees falling across streets and power lines. At the Pearce home front, numerous trees snapped in half or fell altogether due to the weight of the ice. Four fell across our driveway while three others took a …
Wooden benches and a prodigious amounts of sand
Got a great email from Peace Corps friend that I think highly of. Here are edited segements of his email: My site now has a movie theater? sort of. I recently went to the wooden building to see the premier of Spiderman with some friends. The wooden benches, prodigious amounts of sand, yellow-patched movie screen, …
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