Keeping the heat on
My children grew up with modern heating. In fact they probably never even thought about it because all they needed to do to get more or less temperature in a room was to touch a small control. How much things have changed from the time of my parents. My father and my mother did not grow up together. Just nearby. And during their childhood houses were heated with wood generally it was a year long process to make sure that there was enough firewood to get you through the cold spells. I helped a little bit when I was older. Went out with men to cut trees just like in the movies. In the burn where I lived we had piles of slabs which were the leftovers from the local sawmill. All meant to be burned in a stove. Since the house was rarely warm enough in winter you also learned to rely on good blankets. Local E we have never dug for coal. That came from just across the water period. But the train stations because they had access to transport brought in piles of black stones to be burned judiciously. Yes I did live in a house with a cold furnace at one point and it was also a lot more work than my children have ever had to think about in terms of heat. I suppose that if we had had the modern knowledge we would have gone for something like I don’t know solar or passive but we didn’t we burn stuff. Blame them for the current weather if you wish. They will not be here to be held accountable. Nor will I. For me that’s just history. And yes I still have some blankets around in case it ever gets really cold.
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