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Dances with Wood: Life with My Cookstove
Posted by Sharon Astyk on November 4, 2010 Note: A cold, wet day in November seems like as good a day as any to talk about owning a wood cookstove, re-running a piece I first wrote in 2007. When people come to my house, they are often a little disappointed to see that it looks pretty much like other houses. But the wood…
New York Times on Living Chilly
Posted by Sharon Astyk on January 22, 2010 Just over a week ago, I re-ran a post “How Not to Freeze” about what to do if you don’t have central heating in the winter in cold places. I was fascinated by the responses I got from people who by necessity and desire were living with minimal heat. My assumption about “how not to…
How Not to Freeze: Living Without Heat
Posted by Sharon Astyk on January 12, 2010 Note: This is a revised version of an article I wrote for ye olde blogge about how to keep warm if you need to. Despite the fact that I believe people should use a lot less energy, I am not proposing here that people in cold climates go cold turkey on supplemental heating . This…