thumbs up for the below zero book,you don't hear much about Carl Rutstrum these days but he was full of great camping tricks,some old school but worth knowing.making up a huge pan of stew and putting it outside to firm up a bit and then cutting it in meal size blocks is one of his best.
Carl and i had wood lots that backed up to each other in the 70's.i lived in my cabin and he traveled around and was not at his much.the few times i got to talk to him he was getting old and wanted to talk about the world going to hell and not his books.
14F below in Minneapolis and it's getting so that the house is turning into a cold sink.the walls and basement are holding the cold and running the furnace just seems to warm up the air but things like stair railings are cold.we have a good house it's just below zero too long...i tried to work in the basement but quit because even with heat runs the carpet covered floor is like ice!