Our power went out last week during an ice storm. Fourteen hours without heat or electricity made for an interesting day. The kids read books and played board games. We built a fire with very wet wood in our fireplace. In the winter we take care to have dry wood available for fire building, but that pile was completely used. Instead there remained an outdoor pile used for summer campfires. I'm not sure what made me warmer, the fire once built or the sweaty effort of trying to keep the fire going.
