When I awake on a cold winter morning and feel the chill that has set in, it always reminds me of earlier times at home when I had to be forced out of a warm bed to get ready for school.
Brother Eddie and I had our bedroom on a screened-in back porch, and the only source of heat was lots of blankets and body heat. The screened opening on the end of the porch had a roll up tarp that was lowered and secured during the cold months and could be rolled up during the summer.
Not ideal conditions by today’s ...