Was that lightning down my wall?

It's an exciting day!

I was just talking to my husband, Ben, in his music studio and something weird happened.

There’s a thunder and lightning storm that’s been rumbling away all day today.

As we stood there, talking about his guitar amp (which I barely understand anything about), a ball of buzzing light shot out of the electric socket and raced down the wall.

“Wooh! Was that a bug?”

“I think it was from the socket?”

The room filled with a smoky smell almost instantly.

Yip. Definitely from the socket.

My husband rushed to his expensive amp and flipped it around to take off the back: checking all the fuses and odd bulb-like things inside.

“Does it look broken?” (see—I really have no idea.)

“It all looks okay.”

We eventually found what the storm blew out: a power supply connected to his guitar peddle thingys.

It was a bit of excitement for our morning after a week stuck in isolation with Covid.

I love storms, but not so much when they send balls of electricity down my walls.

What I’m really exciting about today…

is launching the personal essay contest!

I can’t wait to read your entries.

We have $100USD worth of prizes and 2 guest judges: Sean Kernan and Zulie Rane.

There are three categories for prizes so you have triple the chances of winning too!

Here’s the details:

Inspired Writer Personal Essay Contest

Have an exciting week!

Kelly