’m a lumberjack and I’m OK, / I sleep all night and I work all day. Well, not exactly — especially the “sleep all night” bit.

But I certainly lumbered with the best of them on Saturday. After a miserable and extended winter, I vowed never to run out of dry wood again. During the violent Cape storms last month, I resorted to priming our old fireplace with all manner of fuel (including, once, a cup of three-year-old KWV) in a desperate bid to reignite sodden and smoking logs. ..

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