A Flameless Fire sign

Bruce Springsteen -Fire

I'm driving in my car, I turn on the radio

I'm pulling you close, you just say no

You say you don't like it, but girl I know you're a liar

'Cause when we kiss, 

hmmmm, Fire

LIAM IN FRONT OF HIS FIREPLACE

I love a roaring fire, candles, a lot of them. I have been a fan of the Christmas Yule log on WPIX since it was a grainy loop in the late 1960's.  I am mesmerized  by every tribal council on the reality TV show Survivor.  Torches all over.  It seems there is a crackling fireplace in every home on All My Children -yes, the soap with Erica Kane/Susan Lucci. http://abc.go.com/shows/all-my-children

Am I a retiree sitting at home watching Soaps?  No. I leave home to watch them.   I get my guilty pleasure while at the Gym watching the flat screen TVs while I work out.  I feel it is then acceptable.
No flame for us here at home.  No candles.  No fireplace.  I live with a spouse who fears the danger of an errant lick of a flame, a candle not snuffed when leaving, the pollution of a fireplace. An article recently appeared in the NYTimes about the the unhealthiness of fireplaces.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/garden/20fire.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

And then we have the cautionary warning from our firefighter brother -in-law who has said that many fires he has fought have been the result of a single candle encouraged to lash out by the wind,  fireplace embers simmering unguarded, and sparking unexpectedly, innocent votive lights illuminating a home shrine.  What is a "fire" sign to do? We have flameless candles,

SOME OF OUR FLAMELESS CANDLES

watch TV for fireplaces, fires, flaming torches. Climb into the scene.  Liam has his spot in front of the heating vent.

HEAT WITH A FLAME

I have the WPIX Yule log whenever I want due to modern technology.

I can watch the reality TV show Survivor each week and wait for Tribal Council to see all the torches.  Flames waving in the tropical winds.  Torches licking the air.   Mass of united little fires.

Every house for sale on HGTV has at least one fireplace.   And twice a year we go to The Beekman Arms  (the oldest Inn in America) http://www.beekmandelamaterinn.com/and enjoy a respite in front of their fireplace which is a grand one! 

BEEKMAN ARMS LOBBY

And the Hillside Library has its own fireplace.   After Yoga or a book club meeting, I stop by and warm up amidst the rows of books and live dangerously by sinking into one of their comfy couches and am hypnotized by the flame.

HILLSIDE LIBRARY

Liam enjoying his own flameless fire, no competition from me

AAH, FIRE!

Woof, Woof