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Cobbett on Fires

A good fire might even save a marriage... “Fire is a capital article. To have no fire, or a bad fire to sit by, is a most dismal thing. In such a…
John CuddebackFebruary 6, 2014

A good fire might even save a marriage…

“Fire is a capital article. To have no fire, or a bad fire to sit by, is a most dismal thing. In such a state man and wife must be something out of the common way to be in good humor with each other…”

William Cobbett, Cottage Economy

In this coldest winter in many years, a good fire is perhaps just what we need.

See my article at Aleteia, on Why We Need More Fires in Winter.

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John Cuddeback

John A. Cuddeback is a professor and chairman of the Philosophy Department at Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia, where he has taught since 1995. He received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from The Catholic University of America under the direction of F. Russell Hittinger. He has lectured on various topics including virtue, culture, natural law, friendship, and household. His book Friendship: The Art of Happiness was republished in 2010 as True Friendship: Where Virtue Becomes Happiness. His writings have appeared in Nova et Vetera, The Thomist, and The Review of Metaphysics, as well as in several volumes published by the American Maritain Association. Though raised in what he calls an ‘archetypical suburb,’ Columbia, Maryland, he and his wife Sofia consider themselves blessed to be raising their six children in the shadow of the Blue Ridge on the banks of the Shenandoah. At the material center of their homesteading projects are heritage breed pigs, which like the pigs of Eumaeus are fattened on acorns, yielding a bacon that too few people ever enjoy. His website dedicated to the philosophy of family and household is baconfromacorns.com.

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  • Hcat
    11 years ago

    In many places, you can still have a gas or propane fire, but wood fires are no longer allowed. We have one because we got our house finished before 2010 – and this is Orange County, California!

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