Jan 5 Need More

HBS

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.

Jonas Salk

As always, it’s not enough. I burned my bronchi and throat yesterday in the cold. I have to go out again.

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.

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.

In 45 minutes I will service the chainsaw, change the chain, sharpen that, clean all the frozen debris and get it ready for outside.

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.

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.

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.