Okay. I've been avoiding writing about this because writing makes it true, but: basically the chimney in my house is failing. That is, the system which provides my home with heat cheaply and effectively is not real safe to run right now. When I bought the house I knew the wood stove was relatively new; what I didn't know or guess was that the ( Read more... )

Looks like I'm on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster right now ( Read more... )

What I can do without thinking that I couldn't do a year ago ( Read more... )

I am so glad to have my property, my home. The rest of my life has started moving again, as usual, and I enjoy and need having that stability to root into: plan for the spring, plan for the future, plant trees and shape the landscape ( Read more... )

On the weekend Josh came over and we cleaned my chimney. I had already taken out the chunk of chimney between the stove and the ceiling, so it was just a matter of putting the brush in and attaching one after another long fibreglass rod to clean the next 2.5 stories' worth of steel pipe. I had picked up a system for containing the creosote and soot ( Read more... )