[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Earth Hour

[Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force)]

| 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.

[Lee]:
Well, you can run audiobooks on battery-powered players or computers, or
they have them on these "Play-Away" devices which are sort of dedicated
battery-powered MP3 players.  Our library has them; they're cute.

However, if you really want to not use technology, I guess the phone and
stuff are out, but I wasn't so strict. <Grin>  Like I say, an evening walk,
or a gathering with friends and telling of stories or playing games, etc.
If you're with a church, a candle-light prayer vigil might work.

Those are some of the things I could suggest if there is a next time for
this.

Cheers,

Lee :-)