life before electricity
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people used to study in sunlight and moonlight
there were no fans but the natural cold air was there
It is hard for us today to imagine a time before electricity. We take it for granted. When we enter a room, we automatically reach for a light switch. When the darkness of the room becomes bathed in light, it doesn't even settle on our brain. Our minds are already onto the agenda that brought us into the room in the first place.
Only when power goes out do we feel the loss, but not truly even then. Power is generally out for a very short time. Long enough for children to feel a rush and play in the darkness. Teenagers may get in their cars and go driving up and down the streets, while adults enjoy the sedateness of the dark and dig out grandmother's oil lamp. The adults sit around the old lamp and reminisce about a time they have only heard about romantically, called "the good old days" while the children play hide-and-seek.
Then in the midst of the reverie, the lights come back on and life goes on again - taking electricity for granted.