Each year I’m reminded of Robert Service’s poem, The Cremation of Sam McGee. My feet never seem to be warm enough, no matter how many fur-lined boots I buy. The only boots that have ever worked were big gumboots lined with thick felt that I bought to go ice fishing once. Once was enough, as my fingers felt like they would break off after threading so many hooks. The rustic sauna is the one place I crave, and like Sam McGee I could sit on those hot coals throughout the depths of winter.

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