How Was Your Irene?

Or, as my pal Mark Anderson asked in my first email of the day, How did you weather the weather?

Me: just fine. No trees down, no damage. But, as of today, no power, no regular phone, no cell phone, no Web. And no timeline for when we return to normal.

Fortunately, the Portable Pantry cafe, about 15 minutes south of me, has Web access. And that is where I am sitting, checking tons of emails, tweets and so on on my laptop, in between bites of bagel.

More anon . . . .

Left: a city scene from the sketchbook titled "Priorities: shopping during the hurricane."