[Magdalen] Powering Down.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Oh, Cady, I’m so jealous about the morels! They don’t seem to be very plentiful on this side of the punt Aina, though there were lots in Page County, but they were very hard to find—and no one would tell where they found them! You see people with sack all up and down Massanutten Mountain in the spring. A friend had about 250 acres on the side of a mount up the hollow from me, and there were two people she would allow to hunt them every year. I once found 14 up there, and that remainsmy all-time record! Other years I found just one or two.
Two years ago one single morel inexplicably popped up in my front yard here—it’s the only one I’ve ever seen here!
Over there they call them Merkels and give you a blank look if you call them Morels... One more clue to the fact that “You’re not from around here, are you?”


> On Apr 15, 2018, at 6:39 PM, cady soukup <cadyasoukup at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Lucky you!
> 
> We are (finally) investigating a propane generator after realizing
> that we have had almost one outage over a day long since the derecho
> storm in 2012 brought us 8 days of outage. This spring's windstorm
> brought us 4 frigid days of outage. My husband has been talking with
> Mike Mahoney about specifics.
> 
> Cady Soukup
> in the Virginia foothills where the morels are beginning to pop up -
> we had a family morel-gravy and steak dinner last night in celebration
> 
>> On 4/15/18, cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>> 
>>  I write this secondary to power provided by my
>> electric generator.  Power failure is quite common
>> here in the Pennsylvania Poconos, and a year
>> ago I broke down and installed the generator
>> which automatically senses power failure and
>> restoration of power.  The power production is
>> the same as that provided by Pennsylvania
>> Power and Light.  I notice no difference.  Other
>> than short outages (outrages?), though, there
>> have been no long breaks (wouldn't you know?)
>> so this is the first real test as by best estimates
>> of the power company, the electricity will be
>> out 9 - 10 hours. - not enough to cause trouble
>> in the deep freeze, but getting worrisome.
>> 
>> The generator burns propane, and I'm sure that
>> bill will add up.  Nonetheless, we'll rub it in
>> tonight when our lights are on and the
>> neighborhood is black.
>> 
>> Such silly fun!
>> 
>> 
>> David S.
>> 
>>