Not to say it has been a long winter, but, I now know all the Walton’s first names and also oldest to youngest and most of their friends and neighbors. The same holds true for the Ingalls, Garveys and Olsons from Little House on the Prairie. After spending thirty five winters working almost everyday all day outside in the woods, there will be no apology for enjoying a warm house with a very comfortable couch. A rule of thumb used to be you had til March 20 to get your wood hauled out. One year we had to move out the end of February and barely got the wood “swamped out” to higher grou...