Superfreezer Sweep
On Losing Power and Finding Priorities
When we were signing the lease for our house, I asked our landlord how much the monthly electric bill would be. We’d heard varying accounts of utility prices in Mexico, but as we’d yet to pay an actual bill ourselves, we had no idea what a two bedroom townhouse might cost us.
“Well, actually nothing,” he laughed, “for now.”
As we were speaking in English,…