Here we are here again

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Back in the longest winter I ever spent in this place--this week just past being the longest winter I ever spent here with the water running--I would, wiht the woodstove, get the temperature, in the one main room of the cottage, up to 76 or 78 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the ancient thermostat on the wall that has only ever served as a thermomenter, and then, by the morning, the cats' water might be frozen over.