Only one left at A&P“We should start making ice!”  That was the first thing my husband said to me this morning.  “Huh? Why?” I asked. “For the coolers! If we lose power for a couple of days, it can help keep the steaks and cheese from spoilage.”   “Oh,” I said, “right.”  And, as a matter of course, I resumed sipping my double espresso.

This may be the calm before the storm in most parts of the northeast, but in the Kettle household, my husband, Mr. JK, has shifted into full throttle preparation mode.  He’s a former boy scout, a former MP, and law professor who is constantly thinking in a precautionary manner.  “Now’s the time to prepare! You don’t react, you act!” he declared in response to my lethargic, and somewhat dubious, reception of his very thorough and doomsdayesq preparations.