Of course you would understand where I was coming from with this! I have not read Mary Oliver but it sounds like I should. I always love when you mention an author because you've got excellent taste and I am always enriched in some way when I read a book you've mentioned. I hope to get a stack of books from the library and settle in for some R&R once we've finished all this work.

aah, 6 cords actually! My husband just corrected me. We've still got a massive pile to stack but it is pouring rain. We are running out of places to stack it all. It is such a lot of wood and when you think of all the people that need heating - it is quite mind boggling to think of all the resources we consume just for heat. Last year was really bad. We had a super long and cold winter and ran out of wood. We were burning wet wood that we'd scrounged up. Hopefully we wont need all of this wood but at least we wont be worrying. xx