Twenty two out there. The lower the temps the more thankful I am for this fire and dry firewood. I took this picture at 5:50 AM. Been up since 4:30 AM. No alarm clock. It seems once fire burning season starts I'm awake at that time. It's either get up, start a fire, go to work, or be cold and hungry. I looked out the window and saw stars this morning. Hoping to see more sun on the mail trail today. And I hope you have a great day. Fire #13 10.24.25

How Bitcoin Saved Me From Despair (40 min.)

My takeaway: To die well we must have your own myth. We're a story. A fiction. Continuously editing that myth. Fantasy is reality.

5:51 AM. Good morning. It's 39 and lightly raining out there. That's what Google says anyway. I haven't been out there yet. It was wet, windy, and chilly when I worked out last night. Assuming it hasn't changed. More thoughts on Bitcoin. People ask me what it is. It's a computer network and protocol invented by a genius. He released it to the world and disappeared forever. Some say he had to. Otherwise his life would have been ruined. His name was: Satoshi Nakamoto. I bought some this morning at 107K a coin. I try to buy a little each day, even if it's $10 worth. Been doing it for over 3 years now. Part of the future looks brighter with Bitcoin. That's the way it looks from in here anyway. Off to the mail trail. I hope you have a great time day! Morning fire #11 10.22.25

I started buying Bitcoin 3 years ago. I bought a little because people who stayed politically centered during the Covid lockdowns were talking about it. These were people who understood there were two movies playing on one screen. They didn't get sucked in emotionally so much and were looking for a third way out. Most of them were financially successful I believe. Solid middle class. And as you know that demographic is just about gone. I came to the conclusion, through online observation, that people looking for a third way out tend to gravitate towards Bitcoin. So following their lead I bought some. Then I started educating myself by listening to Bitcoin podcasts and books on the mail route. I was taking in well over 20 hours of Bitcoin content a week. Still do sometimes. Plus I was desperate. My Dad just died (my first purchase was on the day of his memorial service). Annie was getting ready to quit her full time mail carrier job so she could be at home with our homeschooled kids. We needed capital to start our native plant nursery. And I'm a curious person by nature. They say people above 40 come to Bitcoin because they are curious by nature and/or desperate. So that was luckily me. I say luckily because Bitcoin has helped us financially. We're able to keep the bills paid. Without it we'd be in pretty tough shape. With Annie quitting the Post Office and inflation I don't think we could make it. Things are still tight, but they would be much worse I think. I don't even think about the stock market or any another interest bearing asset if we have extra money to put away for a rainy day. Nothing performs like Bitcoin. Everything you stick into it doubles roughly in 18 months. I have no interest in owning second best. I laughingly tell people if they see us living on the street they'll know why. Yet from what I have learned Bitcoin just makes sense. The more unstable The Dollar becomes the stronger Bitcoin becomes. And at this point I don't see any saving The Dollar. Our country is so far in debt that it will never be paid off. They are printing money just to keep the government solvent. So Bitcoin, to me, will only get stronger. Nothing stops this train, as Lyn Alden says.

Ordinary people tend to give advice, which is more about them than the person they want to help. They often fail to separate their own lives and values from the person they are talking to. ~ Thomas Moore

The human heart and body do not obey the rationality that our modern world worships. ~ Jacob Needleman

From my journal entry on August 27th, 2022 (3 years ago today): "Stopped in after work and had dinner with Grandma, David (my uncle), and Mom. We talked a bit about Bitcoin and the market dropping. Told them it was a good time to get in with it dropping below $20,000 a coin today" I checked the price this morning. It's just over $111K. Crazy.

A hummingbird visits an obedient plant. A friend of Bean Brook Nursery took this photo the other day. Like usual, she said we could use it. A month from now, if all goes well, the hummingbird will be somewhere south and the obedient plant gone to seed. We saw a hummingbird visiting a volunteer evening primrose by our front deck early this morning. I'm seeing some people report on social media the hummingbirds they've been seeing are gone. We had a customer stop in just after we opened. All is well on the front. One a day keeps the worry away. It's chilly out there. High fifties. Cloudy, gray, gusts of wind. A taste of fall. A good time to pile firewood. And that's what I'm going to go do. Until next time. 8.24.25