Category Archives: Life in Big Sky Country

Argh. Bad Fire Season! No Cookie!

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I just cleaned part of my study and I’d like to take out the trash.Â? The problem: we have to burn our trash and it’s just a bit unsafe to burn ANYTHING at the moment given the fire weather conditions.

(For those who are wondering, we don’t have trash pick-up here so stuff in the barrels accumulates during the summer.Â? We also don’t have recycling so we take cans and stuff to Great Falls when we remember.)

I’d like to unclutter the upstairs but it’s just not working out…

Enough With the Flippin’ Smoke!!!!

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We’ve got smoke again which is making the western sky look like a gigantic cigarette with the butt being a blood red sun.Â? As the parsonage is anything but air-tight, I guess I’ll be sleeping in the living room again as the downstairs bedroom collects the smoke.Â? It’s probably good that I have the Med-Neb machine on loan from the hospital.Â? I’ll probably need it in the next couple days.

It seems like every day brings a new fire or the explosion of an existing fire.Â? I don’t seem to remember it being this bad last year but we also probably didn’t have the amount of smoke that we do this year.

My dad suggested I walk around with a respirator but that would seem to be overkill.Â? I do know that I’ll be going out with a surgical mask or SOMETHING on until this foolishness ends…