Up on Long Island, when you walk outside into crisp, cold winter air and smell wood smoke, it’s a comforting smell. It means someone has a wood-burning fireplace and there’s a nice, cozy, warm fire blazing in their hearth. It’s a smell I associate with winter time and comfort. Down here in southwest Florida, when you walk outside into crisp, chilly winter air and smell wood smoke, it’s either a wildfire or a controlled...

