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Woodburning Stoves – fireplace inserts

Jan10

This is mostly going to be a blather post.

The stove we installed is a free-standing woodburning stove, because what we had was a hole in the wall.

If you have an extant fireplace, however, you have a pretty hole in the wall that will vent smoke and let a little heat into the house; a woodburning stove insert will actually heat the house (And also give you a place to heat your tea)

How to install:
http://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/articles/install_insert

If you are installing it in the winter, you’re going to pay an arm and a leg for seasoned firewood, if you can find it.
Ecobricks http://ecobrick.net/ are compressed sawdust. They burn nicely, are available year-round, and come in shrinkwrapped packages.

More links coming!

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Reading Bingo

Jan9

(via @shutsumon)

This sounds like a fun idea, and I seem to be on a Bingo kick lately…

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Bonus Round: Dailyprompt

Jan9

From: [community profile] dailyprompt

Today’s prompt is “the end of an era.”

Now accepting up to three prompts (total) for this theme. Closed!

Bonus points if they dovetail with a square of my OrigFic bingo card

The end of the Goat era? Reiassan.

The exhaustion of a supply: New world.

The last day of the shop: Closing Up

An Aunt passes on: Exhaustion

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Other People’s Poetry: Storm Warnings

Jan7

Storm Warnings

The glass has been falling all the afternoon,
And knowing better than the instrument
What winds are walking overhead…

This, this is the poem I remember from High School. *taps it on the nose* Strongly, viscerally.

X-posted to tumblr

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Read stories to my prompts

Jan7

Wolves in the Woods is a microfic written to my prompts by [personal profile] sharpeningthebones.

Firenze is a, hrrm, modern fantasy story, I think, Rix wrote to my prompt.

Full Circle is written in her Rensa setting to my prompt. And

Not To Plan is an intriguing story beginning of expectations gone awry.

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Signal Boost Time

Jan5

[personal profile] sharpeningthebones has opened a Fiction Carnival! The Theme: Fairytales and mysteries. Leave up to three aspects of the story you’d like to see, and StB will write ~125 words. Tip for more fic.

And [personal profile] itsamellama is holding a Mini Art Sale. Paper bead jewelry, stickres, and ACEOs are available.

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Pirate Nano January 2014: First and Last Words

Jan3
First line of yesterday: Cute?  Kailani glanced at the person speaking to her. 
 
Last line of yesterday: “Hey, new kid down there.”

2,794 words total, 1,276 words yesterday. 

This is weird.

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