From: [email protected] (Darian Paganelli )
Subject: Submittal for your web page. ..
To: [email protected]

Wood, cutting it down, cutting it up and splitting it to let it season and dry. Storing it in a dry convenient place. As primoridal a task as has ever been since the dawn of time. Gathering the source of heat, light and comfort for you and yours before the cold, darkness caresses
with its icy grip.

Sometimes when I finish splitting the wood, I take a few of the real though pieces off of the pile and bring them inside to light a trial fire early in the fall. This gives me warmth and a feeling of gratification in knowing that I am able to control some of the things in life. If that kind of feeling is not enough for you, let it be known that it is for me. Each stick I cut, split and stack is one more iota of independence in a time when that word is little used by most. They tell you how they would rather turn up the thermostat and not worry about the chain saw and the truck that are needed to gather fire wood.

I want to live my life my way. I want to control some of the details in it. Cleaning and sharpening the chain saw, riding in the old truck. Some of the other things that bring me comfort and a feeling of accomplishment. If the power goes out, we can still cook and heat the house. A little extra in life that my own hard work has provided for me. One of the basic things that does not use electricity, no wires, no circuitry, no frailty, no unexpected failure at the wrong time. Rather like a good friend in bad times.

---

[ Back to HearthNet ] [ Back to Editoral Page ]