| Mother liked to chat with other family members as she plied her knitting by the fireside. |
| It's much easier to appreciate the finer points of dull, rainy days from one's own fireside, that I have to confess. |
| His multi-figure bronze casts portray a breadline, an Appalachian farm couple and a man listening to one of FDR's fireside chats. |
| Now at ease by the fireside, his feet are shod in narrow velvet slippers with a monogram embroidered in gold thread. |
| It's a dirty old night out there, wind howling, rain dashing against the windows, not at all the kind of night to move far from the fireside. |
| Add to that a heavy mist and you've got the kind of driving conditions that make the fireside look awful tempting. |
