Denny liked to build fires as you all know. He had a certain way of building one in the fireplace that would light up with one match. He’d put a layer of wadded up newspaper in the grate then layer the kindling, then the logs to burn. He was very specific about this. It wouldn’t work any other way. And he was usually right.
Saturday was an especially cold day and I decided to light a fire in the fireplace instead of turning on the heater. We had thrown a lot of old mail and other papers in there to burn when we got to it. I didn’t want to spend the time wadding up newspaper and just decided to lay the kindling and then the split logs on. Then, I got the lighter and started the fire. I thought that because I didn’t do it the “Denny way” that it wouldn’t work. To my surprise, it lit up perfectly! Just like the one match fire we always built. In a matter of minutes I had a blazing fire. It really surprised me. Then I thought, “I had help with this one.” Thank you Denny.
Rebecca Tovey
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