Becoming B

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Good morning. It's 7:30 AM. I'm in front of Morning Fire 57. My first day off of two from the mail trail. It was a long 5 days of delivery. Dark to dark every day. If it wasn't snowing it was frigidly cold. The tips of my fingers are starting to crack from it. It happens every year. I think it's the mixture of cold and road salt splashed up on the mailboxes. I got out of bed at 5 AM and stepped outside. It was 5 below zero. I was only wearing boxers. I didn't want to waste the time putting on a jacket, hat, and such. Plus I take cold showers, so I have a different relationship with the cold now. The snow sparkled. There were some stars in the sky. And a newly waning moon was high in the southwestern sky. Still. Crisp. Cold. We're two weeks away from the Solstice today. I brought up how we lie to ourselves yesterday. While working out I heard a great quote on a podcast I was listening to. "We let go of our lies one finger at a time " It's a process, an ongoing one. That's what I've noticed. Well, anyway. I am looking forward to spending time in the house today. I hope you have a great Sunday! 12.7.25

Bitcoin won't be adopted like the iPhone because it's cool. It will be adopted like gunpowder: if you don't own it, you'll be its victim. —Saifedean Ammous

From the mail trail: Snow still sticks to trees in Springbrook, WI. 12.6.26

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Good morning. I type this at 6:15 AM. It's 20 degrees out there. The sky gray when I looked out the window. I think the moon is still up. I have to be headed down the road by 6:40 to make it to work on time. My last day of delivery, then 2 days off. I am looking forward to it. The days of delivery are dark to dark as the days get darker. Two weeks from now will be our shortest day of the year. I remember feeling this way last year. Gotta get through it. Just get through it. This is no way to live of course. But that's a conversation for another time. I was just reading "Time and The Soul." He was talking about how time escapes us faster the more we lie to ourselves. I work with a woman. She's well into her 60's. I don't know how she does the job sometimes. Sometimes we will look at each surrounded by Amazon packages with no space, laugh, and say, "it's all lies." I gotta go to work. I hope you have a great day. Morning Fire 56 12.6.25

From the mail trail: The Namekagon at 10 AM. Icy. 15 below a few nights before. Two blocks away cars continuously move through Springbrook. The sound of rubber on road a blip in time to this timeless flow. Springbrook, WI 12.5.25

Good morning. It's 15 out there. 25 degrees warmer then yesterday morning. I didn't get back to the office until 6:30 last evening. Dark to dark again. Thankful for headlamps to help see names and addresses. It's getting harder to see at 51. I hate to admit it, but that's just the way it is. I am hoping to get some photos on the mail trail today. Something has to jump out at me though. More and more I value place. I'm a part of it, it's a part of me. Trying not to be a transient. I don't know if it's a matter of trying or not trying. Life is just more interesting when I get out of my head and get interested in place. The shapes, colors, sounds and so on. No place the same. Anyway, I am off to the mail trail. Morning Fire 55 12.5.25

What is a good man but a bad man's teacher? What is a bad man but a good man's job? If you don't understand this, you will get lost, however intelligent you are. It is the great secret. ~ The Tao Te Ching

Sun setting in Earl, Wisconsin as I finish delivering mail for the day. 12.3.25

Good morning. I have 5 minutes. I have to get out the door earlier then usual to start my jeep. It's - 10 out there. A Full Moon tonight. I looked out the window at 5 AM and the snow was glowing. Been leaving at dark and getting home at dark. Long days delivering packages and mail. One of the most common things I hear among my coworkers since we started delivering Amazon packages in the Post Office is this: "How can people afford this? When will they run out of money? Anyway, I'm off to face the cold. I hope you have a great day! Morning Fire 54 12.4.25

From the mail trail:: Bit of blue above The Bean Brook at 11:45 AM. Springbrook Township Washburn County, Wisconsin 12.3.25

Good morning! 🔥 Morning fire 53 12.3.25

From the mail trail: Bending birch before dark. Springbrook, Wisconsin 12.2.25

6:20 AM. Good morning 🔥 10 degrees out there. It's only supposed to get colder as the week goes on. They're talking 20 below by the end of the week. Winter in Northwest Wisconsin. :-) I hope you have a great day! Off to the mail trail. Morning fire 52 12.2.25