It's been a long hard cold spell, and Bubba was asking me to make sure the chimney was cleaned and to make sure all the smoke & Co2 detectors have fresh batteries. We were reading the News Miners web page this morning about all the fires. Scary stuff when it's this cold
I awoke this morning it was -47.8 and the back Monitor stove is out of fuel oil. Which means a trip into town to fill up the four five gallon jugs that I use to fill the little thirty gallon drum. If I can even get the old car to start. Maybe next year I'll try to install a 100 to 300 gallon above ground tank so I can call the fuel oil company to fill it. Called the son-in-laws, to see if anyone was headed into town and one isn't even letting the grandkids go to school today. Don't blame them, it's so damn cold it's scary to be out on the highway with the heavy ice fog. My oldest daughter said she's has to drive into work, and the traffic is still moving along at 60 miles an hour and people have almost zero visibility at times. Idiots, she said, the whole place is filled with idiots when it comes to driving in this fog. They gather up so they can see the taillights in front of the them and they they all prey no one stops as they go like hell. 
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It's a challenge to stay positive sometimes said this old squirrel. Over the years he's watched me go through many changes here on the old Permafrost Ranch. Looking back through that long tunnel of time. I should have done many things different and some mornings like today I awake with a introspective look back at some of the water thats passed under that bridge.
National TV is pushing that Puppy Cam, shoot says the old squirrel. I'm just as cute and they don't promote the Squirrel Cams. We have been around a long time.... Someone should write them and tell them, he said looking at me.
The old squirrel was asking me about my Native American Heritage today being this month is to honor those of such Heritage. My blood quantum is thin, very thin I told him. My Great Grandmother was the last full blood in my family. My tribe right now is having a constitutional convention. As it is, I am a tribal member but can't run for office because I don't live in the nation and haven't enough blood quantum. I may lose even that with some of the new purposed amendments to our new constitution. How does that make you feel the old squirrel asked me? I'm really torn by it I said, part of my personal view point that makes me the person I am is this Heritage. I do understand what is driving this, the money that is now being made by the casinos in the Nation. To rid themselves of us x-patriots and those of little blood lines is exactly the desired end to be reached by the Dawes Act. Further weakening those tribal links and reaching those very goals he and the emerging white nation wanted. 
1 can of Cranberry Sauce $1.79, 1 box of Stove Top Stuffing $2.50 1 gal of 2% Milk $3.99 1 pkg of Frozen Brussle Sprouts $2.99 2 gals ice cram $7.00 1 loaf of sliced Bread $3.18 1 8 to 10 pound frozen turkey $9.00 This was just a quick trip to the store thinking about the up coming holiday. We were just shopping for two this year.
That little Red Squirrel is showing up in the middle of the night to run off the flyers from the feeder. He's taking big risk in doing that. Thanks for watching the cams here on the old Permafrost Ranch.
I don't understand, said the old squirrel. How did we get into this state of affairs whereby the government is bailing out Banks, and Big Business, and the rich suits who ran it all into the ground continue to be in charge. Unfettered capitalism with the keys to the public treasury isn't what our founding fathers had in mind I don't think.
We were having coffee this morning and cruising the net. Not much was being talked about because we were both fixated on the local election results we were seeing. After a bit I noticed the old squirrel was acting like a real nervous squirrel, whipping his tail back and forth. He looked at me and exclaimed "Can you believe these results" I replied, "it's certainly not the results I expected"
I saw a television political ad this morning said the old squirrel as we were having coffee. It was Lisa Murkowski, for Senator Stevens. He looked at me and then said "Vote"
The days are growing shorter and the long Arctic Night begins. I noticed yesterday the sun doesn't clear the trees anymore. The sun makes a low circuit on the horizon and it never climbs high in sky. Even this old squirrel was up early this morning while still dark he was out on the feeder. Maybe the flyers woke him up early or he was just hungry this morning. The weather bug on Cam 1 gives you sunrise and sunset times. Watch our day light shrink quickly. Sunrise this morning will be at 8:44 a.m. and Sunset will be at 4:24 p.m.
Happy Anniversary says this old squirrel, here is a toast to 39 years of marriage
We went to the grocery store and bought three bags of candy for Halloween. Not one ghost or goblin showed up at the door. North Pole, weather and distance between homes doesn't attract the trick or treaters. So, said the old squirrel, are you going to eat all that by yourself?
