Free Heat
I lent my chainsaw to someone last year and I can't remember who. I had the day off and wanted to ready the wood to burn (it's supposed to be in the 40s during the evening this weekend). Anyhow, I cut it by hand with a hand saw and split it with an ax...my workout for the day (it was pretty difficult to cut by hand).
I couldn't help but think how the whole process was human-powered: brought the wood home with my own energy, then split and chopped it by hand...now it will be free heat for the weekend.
And as I was cutting/splitting the wood I also thought how difficult it must have been to live from day-to-day in these parts, say 100 years ago (this would have just been a daily chore, no doubt). I also thought how it felt good to do this by hand...to work hard and have sweat dripping from my brow (literally)...I don't know, maybe it's just my Protestant upbringing.
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