When our power went out last Friday after Hurricane Isabel swept through Washington DC I was pleasantly surprised by the peace and quiet in my office… No electricity, no computer, no electronic files, no online access, no email, no spam. I could think and work without the constant clutter and intrusion of the Internet. I cleaned up stacks of paper that had been sitting for weeks. I found time to take a breath… and to think. It was such a relief.

There’s a lesson in here someplace…