It is 0538 EDT in a rural East Tennessee County, with one stoplight, as I type this. I live in a modest 124 square foot, cinder block home. The current temperature is 20 Fahrenheit and although my heat pump has been working overtime on Emergency Heat, I can still feel the cold air seeping in. I am wearing a Dickies hoodie I got from the thrift store during my weekly run into the food bank and it breaks the chill. Depending on where I stand in my house, sometimes I am able to see my . . .
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