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I am blessed to have a fireplace (don’t worry - some of my windows won’t close. Life is about balance) and I used to use starter logs, but lately I have been into collecting kindling and even branches on walks and building fires with them. Literally love being the kindling girl in my neighborhood. I still get wood at the store (Baller Hardware has the best smelling wood) but it’s so satisfying to start with a little bit of fire and grow it into a big ole thing. I also highly recommend tending your fire as an evening past time - get up and move yourself as you take a break from reading or listening or scrolling. Here’s my most recent work, a useful pastime during a power outage:
Feb 9, 2024
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I never did boy scouts or went camping much as a kid so I never really learned how to start a fire. I've been living in cities for the past couple years so I haven't even had the option. I really want to learn to do it, it seems like such a cool thing to like have and tend to over the course of a night.
Sep 13, 2024
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I recently moved into a small studio uptown that has a working fireplace. There’s nothing like a DURAFLAME after a long day of work. You just light the paper coating on fire and Boom, you’ve got yourself a semi real fire.
Oct 11, 2023
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Upper East Side. He shouted “I thought it was a Tuesday” on a Wednesday into a flip phone in the early 2000s. He sounded just like he does in the movies 💕
Mar 25, 2024
Harpo is very sweet and loves all people but is very particular about dogs and always wants to be the center of attention. He listens perfectly if treats are involved but otherwise is not very interested in what we want. He was found wandering the streets of Bakersfield (we decided he was too small to be named Buck) and now he is a bougie Silver Lake pup and has his own set of friends and admirers in the neighborhood.
Laemmle was found crying in a hole all alone on a cold and rainy night Just outside of LA’s Chinatown. When she was a baby she was a demon about any food, especially butter, but now she is perfect and sweet and loves to sit in your lap in purr. She kills and eats bugs so we never have to worry about them. (Lem-lee)
Apr 6, 2024
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This is annoying advice but love has always come to me when I’m not looking for it. When I get very active in things I’m passionate about (usually leftie organizing but also art and history stuff and also just spending time with friends a la the friends of friends rec) I meet new people and find interesting, aligned folks.
Apr 5, 2024