The Rip Van Winkle Episode

For three and a half weeks, I’ve made due with a fickle internet connection and a decrepit laptop.

Consequently, while the TVA was off managing a major environmental disaster  in TVA-style (meaning they studied the disaster site(s), readily admitted that wiping out entire communities with toxic pond goo and poisoning the state’s drinking/fishing holes were minor incidents without serious  injury… moderate oopsies  with potential short-term impact significant events, but they’re committed to clean-up and remediation.) I was feeling out-of-the-loop and uneasy… almost panicky.