[Magdalen] how I hate this weather

[Jay Weigel]

Probably the landlord, Grace (reminding you that Scott is renting, not
owning).

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*
>