And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, January 23, 2026
I've spent some time cutting and loading firewood in my youth, so this image speaks to me
A good days work. The thought of all that being fed into the wood stove while it storms outside is pleasing.
yeah. wood heat is way better that the damn oil burner. quiet and even heat. and even after the stove goes out, the house stays warm for hours afterwards. in fact, I need to get off my butt and drag in some more firewood before it gets really cold here. btw, did about 8-10 loads like that one this past summer. Jan to march is when it gets really cold around here. going to top up the gas cans too before the "killer storm" hits here too.
Stihl chainsaw, monster maul, 4WD vintage Chevy PU.....all's needed here is a top off. A .30-30 lever action in the gun rack and a deer carcass thrown up on top the wood. That's a good day.
I'm 76 and headed out to cut firewood today. That's all the heat we have here in our old Soulsbyville house. I'm blessed I don't have to haul it; I can just cut it here on the property.
In the sixties while living in the Redding area, it was such an adventure to take our four year old daughter out and cut, stack , load, then split and re- stack then burn. Such fun. Now it’s propane and such a relaxing time with memories of such a wonderful time.
Firewood warms you up three ways, fetching, preparing and stacking, then burning. Currently sitting in front of my stove watching a nice ash log burning. Now I'm too old and knackered to do the fetching so I buy seasoned wood logs cut and split.
A couple of friends and I would cut firewood during the summer school break. Our families got what they needed/wanted and we sold the rest to a company that took it to a nearby large city and sold it in four log bundles to the gentrified. We could have got a decent price selling it locally by the cord but the bundlers gave us a much better deal. Beat the hell out of hauling hay all summer. And whenever we came across a hickory tree my Father would buy it all for the huge smoker we had out back.
I read an article many years ago that the Welsh men had high testosterone levels. It was attributed to sawing and splitting wood. Go figure… I believe it. I had to shut off my sawmill one time because my wife was on my mind… Woody and Nooner happened that day
Just tossed another log on the fire. We heat with wood here at the ranch.
ReplyDeleteSatisfying indeed.
yeah. wood heat is way better that the damn oil burner. quiet and even heat.
ReplyDeleteand even after the stove goes out, the house stays warm for hours afterwards.
in fact, I need to get off my butt and drag in some more firewood before it gets really cold here. btw, did about 8-10 loads like that one this past summer.
Jan to march is when it gets really cold around here. going to top up the gas cans too before the "killer storm" hits here too.
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ReplyDeleteAlways intensely gratifying I'd contend.
ReplyDeleteStihl chainsaw, monster maul, 4WD vintage Chevy PU.....all's needed here is a top off. A .30-30 lever action in the gun rack and a deer carcass thrown up on top the wood. That's a good day.
ReplyDeleteWood is good!
ReplyDeleteUse it. Nature renews it!
DeleteI'm 76 and headed out to cut firewood today. That's all the heat we have here in our old Soulsbyville house. I'm blessed I don't have to haul it; I can just cut it here on the property.
ReplyDeleteAn uncle and a set of grandparents lived in Soulsbyville at one time or another, now long ago. Remember Jones' Mill?
DeleteGod love that guy!
ReplyDeleteIn the sixties while living in the Redding area, it was such an adventure to take our four year old daughter out and cut, stack , load, then split and re- stack then burn.
ReplyDeleteSuch fun. Now it’s propane and such a relaxing time with memories of such a wonderful time.
Firewood warms you up three ways, fetching, preparing and stacking, then burning. Currently sitting in front of my stove watching a nice ash log burning. Now I'm too old and knackered to do the fetching so I buy seasoned wood logs cut and split.
ReplyDeleteThey say that wood heats you twice:
ReplyDeleteOnce when you cut, split and stack it.
And again, when you burn it.
A couple of friends and I would cut firewood during the summer school break. Our families got what they needed/wanted and we sold the rest to a company that took it to a nearby large city and sold it in four log bundles to the gentrified. We could have got a decent price selling it locally by the cord but the bundlers gave us a much better deal. Beat the hell out of hauling hay all summer. And whenever we came across a hickory tree my Father would buy it all for the huge smoker we had out back.
ReplyDeleteI read an article many years ago that the Welsh men had high testosterone levels.
ReplyDeleteIt was attributed to sawing and splitting wood. Go figure… I believe it. I had to shut off my sawmill one time because my wife was on my mind… Woody and Nooner happened that day