Winter is here now there can be no doubt about it. We had a strong northwest wind for the last couple of days. Temperatures are cold with the low this morning near zero Fahrenheit. The new woodstove that I have been wondering about has really done the job. To be sure I still am learning to operate it but it really puts out the heat on these cold days.
I have seen the physics of why stoves burn so much better when it is cold explained more than once but I am still amazed at the increase in performance. I was struggling to get what I thought was enough heat out of a stove that today will make it much to hot to be in the same room while burning a similar amount of wood. One thing that I still notice is that it takes quite a while longer to heat up this stove in the morning, the double wall must make things get hot more slowly. Of course on the other end things cool down more slowly as well.
I am off to a meeting about the Maine bear hunt this afternoon. The legislative committee asked for the parties on both sides of the debate in the recent referendum to sit down and see if there is any common ground. I missed the first two meetings because of my schedule and can’t wait to see how this all plays out.
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