This was written initially on paper at the time it is stamped with.

I write this by candlelight. In and of itself that may not be odd for me. But at least some of the rest of Sydney will be doing whatever it is they do by similar light or by none at all. For it is Earth Hour , a popularly endorsed “live green” grassroots movement-that has apparently gone global after last year being a success here in Sydney.according to the website:

Created to take a stand against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a powerful message about the need for action on global warming.

I took a big vanilla candle into PB who had been asleep and was ashamed to discover that the electric blanket had been on for a while possibly all day! This then is the beginning of environmental penance

There is a calming sense in the air and now that the hour is all but up and my eyes have adjusted, I find I want to do this regularly. Reconnect. Simplify. Authenticate.

It was odd though. We had decided to minimise on all our electricity use for that hour and yet my first thought was, ironically, “Oh good, I can spend all that time blogging”! Oh how dependent we have become on a spark that was invented only a century ago

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