Pretty cold (average low temps are below freezing 5 months of the years - lowest about 30 below, though that was before the heat pumps).
Two logs houses - the heat pumps have done a great job, though we still use the wood stoves some (often just for the coziness/nostalgia).
I love his books! You might check out Joel Achenbach too - https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Joel-Achenbach/1162553
Let Michael Schur guide you! - Watch The Good Place and read How to Be Perfect
It’s been a while, but I think Max Barry came up with Global Unified Deity in Jennifer Government (great book, by the way)
https://thistleridgesoap.com/ is another. Great soaps, though she’s retiring soon, so I’m looking for alternatives too.
Maybe try a castile or black soap - I like those
Can’t really choose a favorite, but it would have to be something from Leonard Cohen -
Ring the bells that still can ring,
Forget your perfect offering,
There is a crack, a crack in everything,
That’s how the light gets in.