Photography And Half-Thoughts By Mitchell Hegman

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Friday, August 15, 2025

A Range in the Woods

Yesterday, I installed the electric range in the kitchen at our cabin.

The day started with meeting a couple of delivery men and a big truck, then guiding them across the creek. They had to wheel the range by hand truck for the last five hundred feet or so.

Interesting story—the delivery men were both from Kandahar in Afghanistan. They had worked with American soldiers during our time in the country. One has been here for five years, the other for five months.

Once they had deposited the range in the cabin, I was able to properly locate and wire the receptacle and install the pigtail cord. I did a pretty good job and managed to energize the range and set the clock to the proper time of day.

After finishing my electrical work (brilliant and exhausting stuff, that), I watered a few this-and-thats Desiree planted around the cabin. Then I climbed to the loft for a catnap—which quickly became a proper nap. The loft is a great, faraway place for an uninterrupted rest.

I’ve posted a photograph of the range pushed into place, along with one of my view from my napping spot in the loft.

Cabin Range

The Loft

—Mitchell Hegman

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