Jonas Salk<\/strong><\/p>\n As always, it’s not enough. I burned my bronchi and throat yesterday in the cold. I have to go out again.<\/p>\n I just chopped most of what I had left from yesterday. Something satisfying about chopping inside. No waste, I sweep up the debris and burn it. I chop wood in my bathrobe and sandals. It’s warmer. It is slower, it took me an hour to do what 20 minutes would do outside.<\/p>\n The problem is what I have left doesn’t even fill the log hoop. A full hoop gives me about 8 hours of burn at -40. I needed 3x that.<\/p>\n In 45\u00a0 minutes I will service the chainsaw, change the chain, sharpen that, clean all the frozen debris and get it ready for outside.<\/p>\n Then it’s time to gear up and go outside and cut. Load the sled and bring that down the driveway and inside. Chopping to happen later.<\/p>\n I just got in from cutting wood and gathering snow. Changing the chain was a good decision, except it was a frozen mess under the cover. Changing the chain and cleaning frozen debris, then sharpening, took 45 minutes.<\/p>\n That put me past sundown. Even as I type this, I am in the dark. I am very thankful I chopped what I had earlier.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/01\/20220105_131550-scaled.jpg\")
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