Part of a Circuit Stopped Working?
Wowsers! The symptoms you are describing with the lights dimming, getting brighter, then going out sound very much like those one would expect with an arc fault. An arc fault is where a current carrying conductor is broken or interrupted, at least partially...
Garden: Camellia
Very nice, as are the cat pictures of Karma and Numi. Tried to thumb them up, but thrifty fun encountered an error. Its better in words any way!