Mac and Carol Brown

Thanks for the explanation! I was worried your flu might have gone to your brain
there for a minute <bg>
Carol

SandraDodd@... wrote:

> In a message dated 2/15/01 10:44:22 PM, mjcmbrwn@... writes:
>
> <<
> ????? Um, er, why do you peel kindling? Or do you have another meaning for
> 'peeling'? It sounds to my like you are removing the bark?? >>
>
> Oh. Playing with the bark from cedar. It's easy to split, and the bark has
> about 30 layers, sometimes that can be stripped into really thin, curly bits.
> It's a mindless sort of thing to do while I watch videos, but tonight I was
> too weak and brainless to find a video so I watched TV. And filled up a box
> with easy-to-start tiny kindling. I was creating excelsior, but am not
> going to pack anything in it.
>
> Also it's a good excuse to sit right at the hearth and play with the fire.
>
> I doubt Americans guessed any better than you did, Carol. Sorry. (My
> friends and relatives would have known. I give the stuff away to friends
> with fireplaces, so they have something artsy to use instead of newspaper to
> start fires. And I give it to them in ratty baskets I get from garage sales.
> When the baskets get old they're kindling too.)
>
> Sandra