FIREBUILDING TIPS FROM LOGGER JOHN FINAL, C Edition

Many are the times that I'd rather sit and watch flames dancing around a fireplace than stare bleary-eyed at a TV screen. The TV keeps you busy. You become edgy or excited watching a hockey game or depressed when the wrong guy gets it in the end. The news turns you off or raises your blood pres...

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Published inChicago tribune (1963)
Main Author Kenney, Jerry
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago, Ill Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 24.02.1985
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Summary:Many are the times that I'd rather sit and watch flames dancing around a fireplace than stare bleary-eyed at a TV screen. The TV keeps you busy. You become edgy or excited watching a hockey game or depressed when the wrong guy gets it in the end. The news turns you off or raises your blood pressure and you become hooked. Like an addict. But a slowly-burning fire with flames licking around a stout hickory log lets you relax. You can think. Or plan. Or go blank. Dancing flames are like a never-ending ballet. A great invention. But first you have to start the fire, a project few of us think much about. We're used to push-button furnaces. And with all the fire-starters and fat woods and treated kindling and artificial fire logs, hardly anyone bothers to start and really build a fire. You expect it to be an instantaneous event. But it isn't. It has to be built.
ISSN:1085-6706