Howling Winds, Hurricane Lamps

Mr. T. Edison must be turning in his grave, if he could read this. When he demonstrated his lightbulb for the first time in 1879, he’s supposed to have said ‘we will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles’. Burning candles is what I’ve done many times these past weeks, but I’m far from rich! With all the current power losses, many of us here in the Philippines are using candles again. It doesn’t generate more romantic dinners-for-two. That’s a set-back for starters. Unless you fancy a Dinner Dansant with Death? It boosts the danger of candle accidents. That’s more serious stuff. I’m thinking of getting some candle sconces, not because they make me think of the old-days-past, but I know some of them have a hurricane lamp. That protection for tipping over, cause a fire, and that’s easy in a crammed place like this, will make me feel a lot more at ease. Despite the howling wind outside. Image by Photobucket/Carlea_2007