Earth Hour

[Carol]

Carol earlier:
> | Did anyone celebrate Earth Hour and, if so, do you have any  creative ideas for how to spend an hour by yourself with the lights out (except for a candle and a flashlight) without going [insane]?
> 
> [Lee]:
> Ah, that's when good audiobooks come in handy.  Sit back and listen to a good book.  Or pray and meditate, have a good phone conversation, go out and take an evening walk and enjoy the stars (if the weather's good).  Those would be some of my suggestions.

Carol:
But an audiobook requires electricity, doesn't it? Or does it use batteries like a flashlight. And I thought about using the phone to share my experience with somebody who was doing the same thing, but a phone requires electricity (doesn't it?) and it (like an audiobook) involves modern technology. I was going to play Abe Lincoln and read by firelight, but it was too warm to light a fire even if I had any wood other than kindling!

As I said earlier, I did take a walk, and I have no idea how to meditate (I would end up thinking about the same things I think about at night when I'm trying to go to sleep, generally whatever is happening in my own life or whatever I'm reading about). Reading by flashlight worked pretty well, actually, but next time (if there is a next time) I'll try to be better prepared and have enough candles (without digging out the Advent candles!) to read by candlelight instead.

Carol, wondering if anyone else on the list participated in Earth Hour