Your passion for burning wood

A Norwegian book on firewood has led to a 12-hour television show, a New York Times article and deep thoughts about manhood from Stephen Colbert. The book's title, Solid Wood, is a play on words: Norwegians use that expression to describe a person of strong and dependable character. NYT notes that "its publication appears to have given older Norwegian men, a traditionally taciturn group, permission to reveal their deepest thoughts while seemingly discussing firewood."

What about you? Do you feel a strong connection to rituals of wood-burning? What's the role of burning wood in your life? KUOW morning newsmagazine host Bill Radke wants to explore these questions. Your answer goes direct to him.

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Why choose to burn wood when it would be easier and - some would argue - better to have another kind of fireplace?

Have you read the book that inspired this question form? It's Hel Ved, by Lars Mytting, and it's written in Norwegian.

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Bark up or bark down?

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What else should we know about your passion for burning wood, about splitting logs, about wood burning or about wood stoves and fireplaces?

If you haven't mentioned this before, what's your line of work?

What's your gender?

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