Not from the mail trail, but on my way home from it. Just down the road from our house. Built in 1938. Says it on the front wall. #soul #countryliving

GM🔥 Morning Fire 193 4.23.26 #gm #coffeechain

It stepped out onto the road. It was BIG, black and beautiful. Life in this world going on around it. Me driving home from work. Two men down at the crick filling buckets. People mowing lawns already. And there was this creature that stepped out of the woods looking out of place. An accidental arrival into our world. I stopped. It stopped. Looked. Then turned around and went back where it came from. As I watched the butt of the bear disappear into the brush I said, "Hide, and don't ever let them see you."

Two of my interests, too! #place #soul

Good morning 🔥 Morning Fire 192. Off to the mail trail in a few. Hope this day is good to you. 4.22.26 #gm #coffeechain

GM🔥 It's 40 out there at sunrise. Supposed to get up to 70 today, or close to it. I had a long day on the Mail Trail yesterday. A lot of Amazon packages and mail to deliver. One guy keeps telling me he doesn't go to town anymore. His family just orders what they need and it shows up. Hard to believe people used to laugh at Jeff Bezos and Amazon. Said they'd never make it. Wasn't worth investing in. Now he's despised by many for having more money than you or I would probably know what to do with. Off to the mail trail. I hope you have a great day. Morning Fire 191 4.21.26 #gm #coffeechain

GM 🔥 Off to start the mail jeep in a few minutes. It's 25 out there. I'll let it warm up a bit. Always nice to get into to something semi warm. Plus I think it's better on the engine and transmission. I pull out of my driveway it's 0 to 60 east on E. Stacked BTC @ 75K this morning. I should just go all in! My full days wages into it. Fuck it. Let it ride. Not quite there yet though. I do want to eventually run a node though. I've heard they're not plug and play though. I stop in at my mom's today. I step in and say hi to her and my Grandma and hand them the mail daily. My grandma is starting to call her the "woman that lives here." It's getting to my mom. I'm off to the mall trail. I hope you have a great day! #gm #coffeechain Morning Fire 190 4.20.26

We broke ground in 2005. We moved in 2008. During those years we lived in the old farmhouse in our front yard. Which is slowly falling down and returning to the earth, like we all do. It took discipline to build it. It's taken discipline to live in it. Wisconsin winters are long and cold. We have one source of heat: The masonry stove that the earth roof rests on. I lit Morning Fire 189 this morning. We'll break 200 like we do every year. We're already cutting firewood for next winter. We built it debt free. We were Bitcoiners back then, but didn't know it yet. Creating something of value and not spending beyond our means. My grandma, who survived the Great Depression, used to say that a lot: Don't live beyond your means! I miss that. There was a wisdom in it. I could feel it beyond the words. Yet I knew it was different times. We were encouraged to spend, go into debt for this or that, and live by impulse. After the jets crashed into the Trade Towers on September 11th, 2001 President Bush reminded us to go shopping. That's it for now. I was out in the front yard getting ready to plug my tire, looked at the house, and had to sit down and write. It's my day off. I have some space to write about place. There's power in place. I like it when I can tap into it. Until next time. 4.19.26 #daily #memoir #soul

Yes. I see money is stored energy and value. Once I understood how the money I am able to save is set up to lose value Bitcoin became a priority for me. #bitcoin

GM. Alone in front of fire 189 like usual. Well, the cat just crossed in front of me moving from one window sill to another. Outside sunny. Still below freezing at 7AM. When I was out there at 5AM frost on the ground stars shining. It's a day off today kind of. The red mail jeep has a flat tire. Picked up a screw on the mail route. Don't know if I'm going to plug it or take it in to get it patched. That involves running it town 15 miles one way. Which involves time and money. The former scarce with only one day off this week. Usually I'd take it to my neighbors. But he's in Florida with his family and the son that stayed behind away for drill weekend in the Marines. There's other things waiting for me to do out there. Firewood, nursery work, septic issues, etc. For right now though, I'm going to sit still in front of this fire. And wait awhile before the wheels start turning. Because I can. And it's Sunday. It feels like the appropriate thing to do. I hope you have a great Sunday. 4.19.26 #gm #coffeechain

From the Mail Trail: A Helping Hand #turtles #nature #counryliving

GM🔥 Looking forward to a day off tomorrow. Then it's back to work Monday. I am covering for a carrier. He's back in Texas picking up the rest of his family's things. He's carried mail here a winter here and survived. He doesn't mind the winters he says . I bought BTC at 76K this morning. My relationship with BTC is interesting. It's faith based. And with anything faith based there's doubts. That's the way I look at it right now. Maybe I will expand on that later. If I ever do it'll be here first. I feel comfortable writing here. I'm off to the mail trail. I hope you all have a great Saturday! Morning Fire 188 4.18.26 #gm #coffeechain #soul

GM Nostr🔥 I bought into the Bitcoin network this morning. I always like starting my day off doing that. I hope you have a great day. I am off to the mail trail. Morning Fire 187 4.17.26 #gm #coffeechain

From the Mail Trail: The Soul of a Swamp in Spring in Springbrook 4.16.26 #countryliving #place

GM Nostr🔥 Off to the mail trail soon This is morning fire 186. We'll hit 200 this year again. It's 39 out there. Bought BTC at 74K this morning. The price steadily going up. I like price. More people pay attention when it goes up. Three years into this single income, homeschooling, backyard nursery journey I want to come out the other end smelling like a rose. Just have to figure what number makes that possible. Off to the mall trail. #gm #coffeechain #bitcoin

From the mail trail: Noon and blue at Bass Patterson Lake Boat Landing. #countryliving

From the mail trail: Noon and blue at Bass Patterson Lake Boat Landing. #countryliving

"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy." ~ Joseph Campbell This reminds me of the Bitcoin protocol. It shows little mercy. Your only rewarded for providing something useful to the world. Thoughts? #bitcoin #asknostr