Recognizing the difficulty that COVID-19 has brought to socializing during the winter months, I have offered my backyard to friends as a refuge for face to face human interaction.
The winter has been unusually mild, and so I have used my fire pit, which normally is dormant during these months, as a circle of warmth where friends can gather (in small groups, never more than 4 of us) to share human companionship, and perhaps a cup of mulled wine as we try to get through this winter.
John