We ARE farmers in cold Maine. Not only do we not hybernate, we sleep less in winter. See, you have to keep the woodstove going. That means up early and to bed late enough to be sure the fire will carry through until way before dawn when you have to start it all again. When it's bitter cold, there are nighttime trips to the stove to stoke the fire.

Those who cook with woodfires have to get up early enough to start the fire for warmth and get breakfast cooked and on the table.

maeve