I spent the weekend in a little hermitage with a woodstove. It was very cold; a...

I spent the weekend in a little hermitage with a woodstove. It was very cold; and at one point, I texted a friend and said: I am having a very hard time working this woodstove. And she, bless her, texted back these words: "You put the big log in the back, with the smaller sticks and kindling in front and newspapers stuffed in between. Once the big log is lit, you're in business."
These turned out to be very good instructions. I stayed warm all weekend. And I thought, more than once, that ...