The Philosophy of Camp Fires
Kneel always when you light a fire – John Oxenham Sit at your camp fires conscious that it gives us more than heat and light. We have passed on the simple skills required to kindle a warming flame for millennia. We are united with the past around this common hearth gazing into the embers, dreaming dreams. Archaeologists study centuries-old fire pits. Evidence of fire remains for tens of thousands of years – use it reverently knowing that the signs it leaves will long outlive us....