When I give my dog a bath, I always turn on the space heater in the bedroom. My best friend has a dog and she hates to get a bath. Every time she has to give the dog a bath, she calls me to come to her house so I can help her out. It […]
Author: Francis
I remember building a brick fireplace with my Dad
When I was a teenager my dad started building a small cabin by the lake on the edge of our property. At first he said it was a fishing shack, then he said it would be a guest house. He worked on it for years, always making it bigger, always improving it. I could recognize […]
How important is heat?
I understand that none of us have ever “burned money” in the literary sense like Escobar did, but buying a poor quality furnace is basically the same thing There are few things more essential to human survival than a source of heat. Heat allows us to cook food, to boil water, and to stave off […]
Seven Minutes and my Miso Soup and Rice is Ready to Eat
I have a Japanese chef as a roommate now and I am getting to try some really good Japanese dinners a few times a week. I cook for her too, as I am a pretty good cook myself and like making meals for other people to try. I just bought this local business stock today […]
Breathe in and Breathe out, Knowing my Air Purification System is Running Well
I can finally breathe well again after getting my air purifier fixed in my flat. It has been broken for many months and I am finally at the point where I have money to get it fixed, and so I did. Now the air quality in my flat is a lot better and my asthma […]