12/23: a little heat

...from a generator which Chris had providentially bought. Our house heat, hot water, and oven all run on electricity, so it wasn't a happy thing when the electricity went out before sunrise and stayed off through a day of temperatures in the single digits and teens.  Thanks to the generator, we were able to have a space heater going in one room to take a bit of the chill out of the air until the electricity came back on after midnight.