Appalachian Type A Independence

Biding time is more than letting time pass by. Biding is standing ready, expectant, with trust and confidence in what may come.

And if we folks have a motto, it's this: 'Don't holler - smile and bide your time.' We've survived a passel of things that way, smiling and biding our time, and we've gotten to be experts at surviving. — Margaret Mitchell

I remember waking briefly a few times last night because the power went off, then returned, then went off again, and returned again. I…