The Fire Stoker

To stir up and feed (a fire or furnace).That is the definition and a memory of my childhood at night, just before bedtime. Watching my mother stoke... more

by M Three Photos

Title

The Fire Stoker

Artist

M Three Photos

Medium

Photograph - Photographs

Description

To stir up and feed (a fire or furnace).That is the definition and a memory of my childhood at night, just before bedtime. Watching my mother stoke the little Coal Stove before being hustled off to bed. Mom would open the little coal stove, throw a few extra pieces of coal, stir up the ashes and we would watch the flickers as they rose above the stove top. It is now what we call History now. I call it a simpler time, a time of when a neighbor was a “close friend”. Families went to church as a family, neighbors helped each other and everyone knew each other for “Miles Around”. A photograph, an image that brings a peace that is hard to find in our fast pace world today.

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December 28th, 2014