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A weblog by Laura Moncur

12/21/2005

Static Electric Sparks

Filed under: General,Maggie,Our Pets — Laura Moncur @ 8:45 am

The humidity is low. We run the humidifier 24 hours a day, refilling it when it goes quiet, but it cannot keep up. The tropical plants that shouldn’t survive a Utah dehydrated winter are wilting. Somehow, Mike will keep them just healthy enough to last until the swamp cooler turns on again.

At night, when I pet Maggie, I can see electric sparks fly. Every time I touch her ears, a tiny flash of static electric light flares. She doesn’t cringe at the shock. She purrs loudly instead. She climbs on my belly and gives me a kitty massage. The moments before I fall asleep are illuminated only by static electricity.

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  1. “The moments before I fall asleep are illuminated only by static electricity.”

    Nicely put.

    Comment by Gene M — 12/22/2005 @ 1:08 pm

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