I have not been updating this blog regularly for the past two months. I have been recording the air quality conditions in my notebook, I just have not been putting it on the blog. I haven't been checking my email or visitor counts either. Documenting the horrible air pollution in the city of North St. Paul, Minnesota, is not much fun. Now that the weather is cold, there is less wood smoke in the air than during the spring, summer, and early fall months. Winter is our least smoky season. When the weather is warm enough to open the windows, you can be sure the air is going to be too smoky to leave the windows open.
I was surprised to see over 300 visitors in one day back in early November. Somebody must have posted a link on a high traffic web page. The last time I visited this blog I had 134 Facebook Likes. I now have 182.
I will update the blog with smoke conditions through the end of November. I have not decided if I am going to go on hiatus again this winter. Housing values continue to decline and houses are taking a long time to sell. We will be stuck in this hell of a city for a while. Next April the recreational bonfires will start and smoky air every evening will be back. The certainties of life in North St. Paul are death, taxes, and smoky, polluted air. North St. Paul sucks.