XTC, Season Cycle

Bjorn and I wintered our house in the fall. We moved couches in to our kitchen area and made a hearth-centered home. The kitchen adjoins a little living space with a gas fireplace. My cooking generates much warmth. We have drapes (sewn to fit by Bjorn's ma) in the kitchen doorways to keep the heat in. We set the heat low in the rest of the house. We don sweaters, wool socks, hats indoors.

We did not move our bed into the kitchen. I shiver at night while we get into bed.
   In the winter, it is well to shiver, if it is cold, no?
   So. I shiver, then cozy up. I have Bjorn, and the dog, but now I have ALSO the hot, plush caress of microfleece sheets. J'adore!