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Fire, caught and held still.

We keep few pictures. Coals at their lowest, iron at its hottest, and the slow grey climb of smoke through the room.

Oak coals glowing low in the dark
A forged iron grate over embers
Smoke moving through the kitchen
A beef chop searing on the wire
Hands working metal at the forge
The dim dining room at dusk
Whole fish in a wire basket
A plate dusted with oak ash
A close view of dying flame
The hill above Atxondo at first light

The rest is only true in the heat of the room.