I am starting my daily notes today. My goal is to do one daily note and a good morning post a day for a full year. That's our european masonry stove. My wife and I built it back in 2006. If you asked me to explain "proof of work" (a Bitcoin term) to a 3rd grader, I probably couldn't at this point. A good indicator I don't fully understand it. Yet it feels to me this might be a good example of proof of work. The stone we collected from the old barn that once stood where our house is now. The mortar we bought at County Concrete in Rice Lake, a small town 40 miles south of us. There were two brothers that worked the yard at the time. I carry mail with their sister now. She shares stories with me about them on occasion. One of them almost didn't make it through Covid. They put him on a ventilator. He has breathing problems to this day. He farms and works for a local implement as a mechanic. We were going to buy pork sausage from a pig he was going to have butchered. Then the pig died of affilixiation along with a couple other ones. His son let the tractor run too long in the building the pigs were in. Too much carbon monoxide presumed. That's it for this note. Talk to you tomorrow. 1.5.26 #daily #plebchain #nostrnote

GM🔥 Morning Fire 86 1.5.26 #gm #plebchain #coffeechain

That's my mom's woodshed. My Dad and I built it. Daniel, my oldest son, helped. He's off and married now. Dad's celebrating heavenly birthdays. Hayden (16 yrs. old), my other son, and I moved wood from outside to inside today. It rained off and on, the freezing type. Mom and Grandma will stay warm for another night. Shoulder to shoulder work is the best. 1.4.26 #family #proofofwork #wood #plebchain

From the mail trail: Lowland #photography #mailtrail #plebchain #northwestwisconsin #place

We have 3 children. Our oldest son 26, moved out, and married. The other two, teenagers still living at home. Hayden (16 yrs. old) cut this out of an oak board with a hole saw, then sanded it. After Sophia (13 yrs. old), with help from mom, painted it he put a coat of polyurethane on it. This is one of 6 bird coasters they made and gave to their brother and his wife for Christmas. #crafts #christmas #family #proofofwork #plebchain

GM. Sunday. A day off. Tomorrow too! Tuesday back to the mail trail. On Friday I delivered thank you cards to customers that left gifts in their mailboxes for me. Some it was cash, others cookies and baked goods, and a few boxes of chocolates too! It's always nice to be appreciated. One guy gave me $50. His wife passed away recently. I think of him often, alone a lot in his house now. Sometimes he will wait for me by his mailbox. Sometimes he's confused. Nothing out of the ordinary though. I get the same way. He's always thankful. I was reading the Battle of Arjuna this morning. It's a mythological tale. There's wisdom in it. It reminded me again of who I really am. It's one of the easiest things to forget. What I took away from it this time is that before we are born we are invisible. After we die, too. But in between we are seen. I hope the man sometimes standing at the mailbox still feels seen. Morning Fire 85 1.4.26 #gm #coffeechain #plebchain #countryliving #mail #nostrnote #northwestwisconsin

From the mail trail a few days ago. Clarity and cold just before sunset. 1.3.26 #outdoorliving #weather #northwestwisconsin #mailtrail #photography #winter

GM! It's 12 out there. I haven't looked outside yet. I leave for the mail trail in 20 minutes. When I ran last night, around 8 PM, it was cloudy. Yet I still didn't need a headlamp to see. The glow from the moon still reflected off the snow. I think today is the Full Moon. Yesterday I saw people posting pictures of it though. It seems like this happens every full moon. I never know when the official day is. I'm off to the mail trail. I hope you have a great day. Morning Fire 84 1.3.26 #gm #plebchain #coffeechain #fullmoon #fire

GM. It's 6:05 AM. Fire burns hot in front of me. It's back to the mail trail today and tomorrow. Then Sunday and Monday off. It's -1 out there. Next week they are talking 30's. Some warmth this time of year amidst single digits and snow is welcome. Atleast in my eyes. The roads melt off. The snow banks in front of mail boxes soften and retreat. And it helps me remember there is warmth, green, and lighter days in the future. That's all for now. I hope you have a great day! Morning Fire 83🔥 1.2.26

Fed injects $74.6B into the U.S economy. GROK: 🚨 The Federal Reserve's $74.6 billion liquidity injection via its Standing Repo Facility on December 31, 2025, was THE LARGEST single-day operation since the COVID-19 era. Get ready for more inflation. Source: Trending 911 on X #bitcoin #banking #fiat #federalreserve