Hygge was fading on Harbal as the evening progressed. The fire had drawn closed as Kathy and I absorbed into our screens had failed to feed the place. Faced with our next big event of the evening, “Sashay’s Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko Bop” show on WCBN (1), we struggled to restore the ambience. We’d found that our homemade firestarters were not up to the task of making a roaring fire, only working with a $4 store bought “Dura-flame” (2). We had but one of these left in the house, and wondered about tomorrow’s fires.
Kathy had a solution. She was hoping to find a use for her Christmas present, her Coolina knife (3). I bought this for her knowing the relish she took whenever deploying our cleaver. I hoped she wouldn’t take it out on me. She happily took the knife down from the rack and cleanly cleaved in twain a Duraflame. One half would start this evening’s fire while the other would wait till tomorrow morning. Violence well applied.
Hygge burns anew at Harbal. All’s well for the 4th day of Christmas.
References
1. Sashay’s Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko Bop. https://spinitron.com/WCBN/show/248591/Sashay-s-Shimmy-Shimmy-Ko-Ko-Bop
2. duraflamefirelogs. https://www.duraflame.com/products/fire-logs
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