Wish I would've understood this 30 years ago! It's hard to get ahead when the government "taxes savers and subsidizes borrowers." #Bitcoin

6:17 AM. Good morning. I was going to make this easy and just say good morning, but I keep thinking about an old, black and white documentary I listened to on the mail route yesterday. It's title: The Myth of The Machine. It was about the philosopher Lewis Mumford and his critique of modern civilization. My takeaway: There is a life giving force on earth. When we forget about it we become anxious and fear the future. This fear leads to control, and round and round we go. So I think we need to understand the mechanisms that foster life before it's too late. I'm off to the mail trail. Fire 210 5.1.25

Last week I heard a great line by a Zen podcaster I listen to. "We all get plowed into the earth." Michael Meade, the mythologist, says we do two things together: "Live and die." Just what's on my mind this morning. Thought I'd share.

What's the best book on Satoshi Nakamoto? #Bitcoin

I listen to a wide range of books and podcasts while delivering mail in an automobile 6 to 8 hours a day 6 days a week. There was something a wealthy, middle-aged entrepreneur said the other day that gave me pause. I have been thinking about it daily for close to two weeks now. I am paraphrasing: "There are some people who will only be able to do physical work for a wage their whole lives." He of course escaped that "trap" by starting a business and becoming wealthy. And now he's telling whoever will listen that they can do it to with the right mindset and discipline, and eventually computerized robots and machines will be doing the work for us. There's a part of this that is appealing to me. Having the freedom to choose if I want to work or not would be nice. On the other hand, I inhabit a body and live in a community of people. In a few minutes I will drive to a building and sort mail and Amazon packages with people in my community. The physical work I am doing with my body connects me to the earth (physical matter) and the people (community) I work with. Off to the mail trail. Fire 205 4.26.25

6:18 AM. No fire this morning. This is a previous picture. I woke up 20 minutes late. Afraid I'd be late for work if I started one. It's warm enough in here. 42 out there . . . cloudy, rainy. Been sick and working. Finally got a good night's sleep last night. Head cold. Stuffy. Achy. Might be coming out of it though. That's it for now. Annie took a bunch of pictures of plants in pots greening up yesterday. That's always nice to see after a long winter. Ok. This is really it. Gotta go. Off to the mail trail. This would've been fire 204 4.25.25

6 AM. One burning only this morning. Outside it's 43. They're talking 60 and sunny today. It's getting interesting out there. The plants that were dormant all winter are starting to come alive. With the warmer nights approaching it will change daily. Looking forward to coming home and seeing what's come up and getting to know the plants on a deeper level. Onto reading a few pages of Marcus Aurelius, then off to the mail trail. Hope you have a great day! Fire 202 4.23.25

6:05 AM. Good morning from the front of fire 201. Back to the mail trail today. It's 40 out there. Worked around the place all afternoon and into the evening yesterday. The sun came out around mid-afternoon. I soaked in as much sunlight as I could. I cut down gardens, cleaned up debris, weeded, cut 2 by 4's for plant tables, cut brush, all with the vision of more native plants of a different variety packed into pieces of land attracting many lifeforms. I slept well last night. Off to the mail trail. 4.22.25

It's important to be heroic, ambitious, productive, efficient, creative, and progressive, but these qualities don't necessarily nurture soul. The soul has different concerns, of equal value: downtime for reflection, conversation, and reverie; beauty that is captivating and pleasuring; relatedness to the environs and to people; and any animal’s rhythm of rest and activity. ~ Thomas Moore

"The average man lives in a matriarchy, the average woman lives in a patriarchy, and they’re both correct." ~. Naval Ravikant Rings true.