Mission Accomplished

Back when I first started writing the blog, I was advised to never, ever remove any material it. The advisor said that if one posts something on line, it should remain there to draw traffic, no matter what.

I didn’t really take that to heart, but I rarely do take anything off line. In the next few days, though, I’ll remove one of the essays on this blog. At long last, my sister and I found a buyer for our last remaining piece of undeveloped property in remote Alaska.

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Simple Pleasures: Fire Gazing

For a while, we’ve been back in the heating season of the year. As days grow colder and shorter, we’re heating the cabin with fire, and often lighting candles or oil lamps in the late afternoon and early morning.

I seem to enter this time of year as if I had no memory of it. Each time we begin to light fires in the morning, and usually another in the evening, I’m filled with delight. It’s time to stare into the flames again!

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