I really enjoyed reading your article, you write very well! I'm not going to pretend to know anything about kilns but I was very intrigued reading about them, especially the part about restoring the one you mentioned.
There's something magical about watching fire with me. That may sound strange (I'm not a pyromaniac or anything) but I have always enjoyed watching fire. I have a woodstove in my house with a glass window in the door and it is so relaxing for me to just sit in front of it and watch the beauty and different colors of the flames. I tend to drift away in to deep thoughts while watching it. But even though I love the beauty and mystic nature of fire, I also have a tremendous respect for it.
Just talking about it, constantly reminds me of an interesting,exciting and tragic story that I want to share on here soon. I've been wanting to write a book about my life as a peace officer and this incident that I'm thinking of would definitely be in it. I may go ahead and tell the story and just add it later in it's proper section of the book.
Sorry, I'm thinking out loud so to speak and getting off topic lol.
Anyways, thanks for sharing this and I look forward to seeing some of your work!
thanks for your comment @bluelightbandit and I'm glad to hear you enjoyed my post. Regarding fire, I completely agree - for me it's also completely mesmerizing and a kind of primal centered focus comes over me. I relax profoundly and do some of my best thinking in front of a fire. And indeed we must respect and make friends with this powerful energy!
ps. I enjoyed your musings - yes write it out! I find that steemit can be a great place to try out ideas too.