Storing Wood in the Summer

Storing Wood in the Summer

Imagine driving by a lumberyard and saw acres of chopped firewood basking in the sun. It’s a postcard-perfect scene of cords of wood cut from timber. And it is a splendid demonstration of seasoning wood for optimum burning in the fall and winter. Even though...
Slowly or Swiftly, Respect the Chimney Swift

Slowly or Swiftly, Respect the Chimney Swift

What can we say about “swifts”? For starters, the author Jonathan Swift is famous for “Gulliver’s Travels” and other works. Letter carriers are famously celebrated for “the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” And, speaking further of “swifts,” chimney swifts...