Category: The Old Woman’s Weather
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The Old Woman’s Weather
A Day of Rest: 442 watts the old womanpegs laundryon the line. the roofdoes nothing. she looks up. rain gone.clouds thinning.washing movingin the breeze. the old womanlooks at the roof again and suspectsit is doing a biblical. a dayof rest. — from The Old Woman’s Weather All rights reserved. These stories may not be reproduced…
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The Old Woman’s Weather
34 Watts rain all day. cloudsthick as wool. the old womanstands in the gardenunder her pink umbrella and looksat the roof. the old manthanks youfor the toast, she says, but he prefers jamto marmite. the roof is speechless. — from The Old Woman’s Weather All rights reserved. These stories may not be reproduced without permission.…
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The Old Woman’s Weather
The Colour of Nowhere 64% equal 95 miles says my car’s navigator.should be double that distance.plus battery drain of 7% per week the fix: recalibrate the battery, we’re told. so we drive.to nowhere.just drive — until the batteryreaches 15- 20%. after just a few miles: battery is 30%. we need to turn around and head…
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The Old Woman’s Weather
744 Watts rain sideways. cloudsdown to the chimney. not enough sunto cast a shadow. the roofremains unconvinced by a branchimpaling the lawn. the old womanlooks at the sky, seriously? — from The Old Woman’s Weather All rights reserved. These stories may not be reproduced without permission. Unauthorised use will be pursued under the Digital Millennium…
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The Old Woman’s Weather
655 Watts the old womanwakes with the sun. 07.16.the roof sleepsanother hour. the old womanmakes breakfastfor the old man but the batterymakes coffee. 08.30.off grid again. 13.00.the solar appgoes roundand roundand round. nothing. the old womanstops knowingwhat the roof is doing. the roofdoes not care.it decides it does not requiresupervision. it puts milesinto her car…
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The Old Woman’s Weather
1.310 kWh woke to rain.the roof is under the weather. lunch: the bread’s mouldyso opened a tin. the roof made soup. bread goes in the caddywith the fish bonesand the orange peel. compost. a squirrel is digging a holein the lawn.hiding somethingit will never find again. 3pm: the roof washed the dishesand dried them, too.…
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The Old Woman’s Weather
858 Watts something about a CT clampso this bitcan talk to that bit of electricity. eh? the old woman asksfor an explanation while the roofruns the refrigerator. storage battery99% full. the toiletwon’t stop running. the old woman looksat the roof. roof says, not my problem. — from The Old Woman’s Weather All rights reserved. These…
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The Old Woman’s Weather
29.09 – 905 Watts in Sussex cloudsthe old woman asks the roofto make slow-cooker beef stew the repairman arrivessays the house alarmis older than his thirty-year-old son replaces the batteryold for newwhile the roof makes teathen more tea because repairmen have hollow legsthey need to filllike a battery — from The Old Woman’s Weather All…
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The Old Woman’s Weather
27.09 – 417 Watts The old woman in cloudy England puts solar panels on her roof. Her son says it’s madness;it’s always cloudy here. She puts the weatherto work anyway. Weather used to be something she talked about. Now it does household chores. 28.09 – 0 Watts at dusk the weather clocks off. the old…
