[Magdalen] how I hate this weather

[Grace Cangialosi]

My understanding is that, if a gas log fireplace is installed on a “real” fireplace, which means it’s vented to the outside, you don’t have to worry about carbon monoxide.

> On Nov 20, 2018, at 10:00 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Our apartment has a real fireplace fitted with real-looking ceramic "coals"
> and "logs" but we've never felt OK about running it, both for the effect on
> the gas bill and for any carbon monoxide or other gas mishaps that could
> conceivably happen. We do have some lovely decorative candle holders
> instead, to provide at least some of the glow of a fireplace. A modern
> space heater fills in the gap for the coldest evenings and to satisfy our
> "toasty cat," Hermes.
> 
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 8:05 AM Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> It is just around freezing here and the very fine snow is coating branches
>> like icing sugar.  Very pretty, but it is evening all morning.
>> 
>> My electric fire with visuals that is set in a console located under my
>> living room window no longer works.  ☹  I now have a small heater sitting
>> next to it.  It does its quiet work to take the chill off the basement-less
>> floor, but it just isn’t the same as looking at a fire, real or not.
>> 
>> This, too, shall pass.
>> 
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>> 
>> From: ME Michaud
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 8:41 AM
>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>> Subject: [Magdalen] how I hate this weather
>> 
>> My least favorite time of the year.
>> All my joints hurt.
>> I wish I had a fireplace.
>> -M
>> 
>> ****************************
>> It was evening all afternoon.
>> It had snowed
>> and it was going to snow.
>> The blackbird sat
>> in the cedar limbs.
>> -Wallace Stevens
>> 
>> 
> 
> -- 
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA