[Magdalen] how I hate this weather

[Grace Cangialosi]

[Though], not tough...

On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 5:21 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, that is a different story.  I wonder why anyone would stop it up. If
> you really wanted to use the fireplace, you could probably get a chimney
> cleaning company to come out and remove whatever is stopping it up. That's
> a shame , tough...
>
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 5:17 PM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> That's the thing, though: it's a real fireplace with a chimney, but the
>> chimney is stopped up (with insulation, I think). The owners' manual to
>> the
>> gas fire gizmo says it should be OK with any house's natural air leakage,
>> and that made me feel super-negative about ever turning the thing on. :)
>> We'll leave it unused and really clean for the next tenants if we ever
>> move
>> out of here (I'd move for the sole purpose of gaining an in-unit clothes
>> washer and dryer...with the wonders of the internet, living in a far
>> suburb
>> wouldn't be such a bad thing, I'm thinking).
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 3:32 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > 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
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> Scott R. Knitter
>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>>
>
>
> --
> Grace Cangialosi
> Ruckersville, VA
>
> *"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great
> love."*
> *St. Teresa of Calcutta*
>


-- 
Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

*"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great
love."*
*St. Teresa of Calcutta*