Struggling With Inadequacy

Something about splitting wood the old fashioned way was just so, so satisfying. The power of one man was still something to be reckoned with in the early 1800's. It was true that there were machines popping up in the larger cities back east that...

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Scars of Yesterday

It felt as if the pile of chopped wood was mocking him. taunting him with the vainness of his completed task. chopping dead logs helped no one. it changed nothing. he was still a coward, a failure.

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Buck's Birthday

_it's his birthday, she thought, and he's out there chopping wood. he hasn't even asked for anything_. her eyes distantly focused on his red and black flannel shirt as she rolled ideas around for how to treat him.

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Max and Pendulum

Together, max and pendulum walked out into the woods nearby and chopped wood for the fireplace. once they had gathered enough, they scurried back inside and started a fire.

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Eyes like the Forest (10)

Merrin carried an arms' full of chopped wood into her family's home, slipping in through the door with care as if she might let something out, and moved to the fireplace. practiced hands stacked the wood with care; preparations for the ever-coming night.

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My Grand, Frozen Heart part 1

It was currently unlit, where a fresh batch of chopped wood from my warehouse sat. i went into the guest bathroom, where i got a piece of toilet paper, and wet it with soap and water.

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The Golden One pt2

He grabbed his ax and started walking down the path that lead into the woods where he chopped wood. he began to look around, gazing at the wonders of nature's natural beauty.

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Fairyland Magic

Starting at the beginning, with her first 'feelings', how she actually really enjoyed chopping wood and mending fences and making fires and what annoyed her was not having to do it but the totally arrogant and ungrateful attitudes of her step-family, how those

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An interview with Kennith Shrader

Although we do have our club gym to our full use, i still have times where i go outside my home and chop wood as well as move them to a storage area. sure, it is not as cold here as it is in indiana, but you can't be too prepared.

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Ander - Chapter 4, Subchapter 46

It was the same window he'd seen every month, every time it was his turn to chop wood. for years that window had simply been just that: a window. but now... "maybe we _should_ let it burn..." luke whispered. "what was that?"

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Ander - Part 4: Subchapter 46

It was the same window he's seen every month, every time it was his turn to chop wood. for years that window has simply been just that: a window. but now... "maybe we _should_let it burn..." luke whispered. "what was that?"

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