Wood Pellet Weekend

[dawn_felagund]

Our primary source of heating in our new house is a wood pellet stove. Back in Maryland, we had a woodstove in the basement and electric baseboard heat upstairs that we resisted turning on as long as possible because it was so expensive. The woodstove, on the other hand, was wonderful, and we used it as much as we could. However, it took a while to

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[heartofoshun]

Outrageously gorgeous pictures! I am so excited when I look at these to think I might actually be able to visit next summer. (I am trying to lose weight so I can hike around more.)

They come in 40 lb/18 kg bags. A 40-lb bag is not difficult for me to lift and carry, but repeated 150 times with much bending and lifting was rough!

I never could have done that! And I hauled sleeping 40-pound kids out of a car and up a flight of stairs regularly when I was young. Just be careful, please! You are not a man with a man's upper body skeletal and muscular structure. You're not Brienne of Tarth from 'Game of Thrones.'

this story I am writing based on the Scottish folk song "Tamlin."

I bet this is going to be really amazing! I cannot wait to read it. I am an absolute pushover for this entire captured-by-the-queen-of-fairie genre. Would love to try one myself!

If you haven't already read it, read Ellen Kushner's Thomas the Rhymer after you finish your story. It is my absolute favorite so far in the variations on this trope. Great story and beautiful language and characterization.

[dawn_felagund]

Bobby put it best today when he said the Northeast Kingdom is basically a postcard. It is! Even the cows are those black-and-white picturesque kind.

I know it is futile to tell you not to worry about me and my wood-pellet hauling. ;) I know I am not Brienne of Tarth and know my limits pretty well thanks to all that weight training at the gym in Maryland. I was more worried about my back than my arms! Thankfully I had no back pain today and most of the aching in my arms is gone.

I read Thomas the Rhymer on your recommendation when I started the Tamlin story the first time! That was years ago now, which is kind of embarrassing. I like how the story is turning out so far. It is going to be dark--I am writing it for Haunted October after all--but I hope a new take on the old tale. And I hope my characters are interesting; that is why I started again because the first try at the story seemed very flat and not my usual writing.