Simple Comforts

Yesterday at four-ish in the afternoon, just before the sun was thinkingabout getting ready for bed, my husband walked into my office and said, “I started a fire.”

I was seconds away from working, but I’ve had a hell of a time concentrating this last week. It’s been like pulling teeth. Starts and stops. Stalls galore. So I decided to lay my work aside and go sit outside in the beautiful fall air and enjoy a fire in my backyard.

John and I had a great conversation, as we often do around a fire...