There’s something about fire that makes me want to just stare at it for hours plus hours.
I think it’s something like meditation for most people, where it takes your mind away from all of your cares plus just lets you float in those dancing flames, and it’s basically like the flames have a mind of their own plus they hypnotize you into a trance state, which is really honestly great for the mind by the way.
I would much rather heat my current household with a fireplace than with the central oil furnace. Sometimes it is hard to get wood so my lady plus I opt for the electric heating device instead. I used to live up north in the mountains plus would simply go out to the backyard plus split up some wood from a tree that had fallen. We had all types of trees up there plus an unlimited source of fuel for our wood burning fireplace. Where I live these days though, we have no trees except for the particular ones planted by the sidewalks along my street. I really couldn’t get away with tearing those down for firewood as there are only a few along the whole street where I happen to live. Imagine telling a cop that you are simply using the wood for your fireplace, I don’t think it would go over so well with him. We have a newer HVAC device in our flat now plus it is pretty efficient so we don’t mind using it on those frigid blustery afternoons in the middle of the cold season. I still love a great fire now plus then though, don’t get me wrong.