BecomingB
Becoming B

I am a husband, father, homeschooler, native plant nursery owner, rural route postal carrier, bitcoiner, and many other things.

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2026-03-25 11:38:04 UTC

Good morning 🔥
The present exists to repair the past and prepare the future. ~ Persian quote
Off to the mail trail soon. I hope you have a great day.
Morning Fire 164
3.25.26
#gm #coffeechain #soul
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2026-03-22 16:43:02 UTC

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GM🔥 Hope you have a blessed Sunday🙏.

2026-03-22 15:31:02 UTC

Every time I come across this I say: Yes.
It feels easy.
That, I've learned at my fatherly 51, is a good indicator.
#soul #quotes #homeschool
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2026-03-22 13:47:56 UTC

Good morning 🔥
A day off from the mail trail. Spent the last hour scrolling through Facebook and X. Something I usually don't do first thing in the morning. It never sets a good tone for the day.
All I can say is that I am very thankful for this fire in front of me. A familiar 20 year ritual. And why I keep hearing influencers tell me to go outside and touch grass.
Information without context is disorienting as hell.
Off to reorient and focus on what matters. I hope you have a great day.
#gm #coffeechain
Morning Fire 161
3.22.26
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2026-03-21 18:31:19 UTC

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You're welcome!

2026-03-21 18:29:40 UTC

"There is a language older by far and deeper than words. It is the language of bodies, of body on body, wind on snow, rain on trees, wave on stone. It is the language of dream, gesture, symbol, memory. We have forgotten this language. We do not even remember that it exists."
~ Derrick Jensen, A Language Older Than Words (2000)
Photo credit of raccoon track in mud: Daniel Hubatch
#quotes #wildnature
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2026-03-21 11:39:40 UTC

Good morning 🔥
3.21.26
#gm #coffeechain
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2026-03-20 13:28:18 UTC

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I'm thinking they're going to print like there's no tomorrow.

2026-03-20 11:38:15 UTC

Good morning 🔥🔥🔥
Stacked Sats at 85K last year today.
Today at 70K.
There's a zen to this.
Off to the mail trail.
I hope you have a great day.
Morning Fire 160
3.20.26
#gm #coffeechain
https://blossom.primal.net/b38e3d8a473c050fad06df62dcdf97766b3839d5867ca9efe3a48785d5c530e1.jpg

2026-03-19 12:01:34 UTC

Leaving my driveway for the mail trail my rear view mirror.
3.19.26
#gm
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2026-03-19 11:34:30 UTC

I pick up a book that reminds me I have a soul.
It's Rumi. I leave for the mail trail holding these lines:
"What's unlucky is not to change and disappear.
This way leads through humiliation and contempt."
Here's to being born again . . . and again.
Off to the mail trail. I hope you have a great day!
Morning Fire 158
3.19.26
#gm #coffeechain #soul
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2026-03-18 23:09:52 UTC

From the mail trail: The Namekagon River in Earl, WI. The power of place.
#rivers #wisconsin #countryliving
https://blossom.primal.net/acbdd8b47226c8d8d57ab7ed3a3d6db5a122c5b6158ef3736df1707ccd3a8385.mp4

2026-03-18 11:09:19 UTC

6 AM. GM Nostr🔥
Stacked Sats at 74 K this morning. This July it'll be 4 years. Hard to believe. Hoping for the day when I can walk away from my day job if I want to.
Off to the mail trail. Hope you have a great day.
Morning Fire 158
3.18.26
#gm #coffeechain
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2026-03-17 21:39:50 UTC

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LOL.

2026-03-17 11:39:12 UTC

GM🔥 Back to the mail trail today. Cold out there . Just below zero. Looking forward to warmer days by the end of the week.
I hope you have a great day!
Morning Fire 157
3.17.26
#gm #coffeechain
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2026-03-17 11:13:02 UTC

We adopted a horse yesterday. It's for our daughter Sophia (13 yrs. old). She had her heart set on two, but could only have one. Leading up to adoption day she painted portraits of them, then donated them. It was a good day.
3.17.26
#horses #countryliving #daily
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2026-03-16 15:25:30 UTC

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Good to hear!

2026-03-16 14:13:34 UTC

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I hope they get it put out and power restored ASAP! 🙏

2026-03-16 14:10:49 UTC

GM Nostr🔥
Stacked Sats at 73K this morning. George Bodine writes on X:
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"The fiat hampster wheels drive your life. Puts you on a treadmill built around inflation and a system of money created by debt based credit creation.
"Bitcoin let's you step off. To escape.
"In a few years we will see endless stories of people moving to where they want to be, creating their own jobs doing purposeful work that has meaning.
"And the headlines will include Bitcoin."
----
I hope so. I don't know if I will quit delivering mail, but I want it to be as easy as possible if I decide to.
I hope others have this option, too.
I also hope you have a great day. :-)
Morning Fire 156
3.16.26
#gm #coffeechain
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2026-03-15 20:15:10 UTC

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Yup. It's time.

2026-03-15 19:17:54 UTC

I have stepped out into the blizzard. Done snowing, just blowing. That might be all we get after the long blizzard build up.
https://blossom.primal.net/e325126ac309a043436d5f56ad28cf7101b2c4d8c8dbaca843b405b2a37a8146.jpg

2026-03-15 17:57:58 UTC

Bitcoin’s been down for six months — it feels like forever. It hasn’t been fun, and we depend on it more than we’d like to admit. Conviction’s the only thing that’s carried us through. Without it, we probably would’ve walked away by now.
https://youtube.com/shorts/fxgvFQvq-Qs

2026-03-15 17:38:53 UTC

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Happy planting. :-)

2026-03-15 17:26:53 UTC

11:11AM. We finally open the curtains to let the blizzard in. Through blowing snow, chickadees being chickadees at the feeder in the bush—at ease, without a care in the world. Qualities for me to aspire to in these conditions.
3.15.26
Cup coaster handcrafted by Sophia (13 yrs. old) and Hayden (16 yrs. old).
#proofofwork #soulfulsunday #birds #daily
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2026-03-15 14:35:35 UTC

Flowing water is sometimes a cause for pause on the mail trail. A reminder of the world outside of getting ahead. The one kids see better than we.
https://blossom.primal.net/03b6a09ef864fa431bfb525e5fea4bc2683168f90ce3a5cc06ec29fb3a1ebbf0.mp4

2026-03-15 14:25:52 UTC

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I agree! I forgot to mention the warm cup of coffee on the coffee table next to me. Thankful for it. ☕🙏

2026-03-15 14:05:19 UTC

GM Nostr🔥. Snowing out there. The blizzard talked about for a week. That's out there. In here I sit in front of fire. Family and pets still asleep. No mail trail today. Tomorrow too. A day of moving snow though. Not right now though. This warmth from wood to be savoired this Sunday morning first. 🙏
I hope you have a great day.
Morning Fire 155
3.15.26
#gm #coffeechain
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2026-03-14 13:42:46 UTC

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Have great day off! :-)

2026-03-14 11:38:38 UTC

GM🔥 Off to the mail trail. Tomorrow two days off. Stacked at 70K. With future freedom in mind.
Hope you have a great day. 🙏
Morning Fire 154
3.14.26
#gm #coffeechain
https://blossom.primal.net/3e87c77720da5313fbc7d64e099f84a62edae7e5b6667c3447de197e487a5d34.jpg

2026-03-13 11:26:53 UTC

GM Nostr🔥 6:15 AM. Leaving fot the mail trail in 15 minutes. Fresh snow has fallen. The last I heard from Annie there was 4" on the ground. That was midnight. I haven't looked yet. It'll be what it'll be. I have 4 wheel drive and good snow tires.
Stacked at 72K this morning. It's starting to go up. Doesn't matter. I buy some every morning no matter what. This morning it's with a bit more conviction though. I listened to Bram interview Checkmate last evening while working out. Checkmate has a way of dampening the noise I take in from other realms in the Bitcoin space..
Morning Fire 153
3.13.26
I hope you have a great day!
#gm #coffeechain #bitcoin
https://blossom.primal.net/a15b9c546f9fdabcea8d680b7db9e057e56ca44fa1c7393ac33e4d994fb53725.jpg

2026-03-12 14:03:16 UTC

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Starting to feel that way, isn't it?

2026-03-12 13:10:57 UTC

On the way to work. Dusk. Sky clear. 15 degrees. Waning moon to my left. "Lucky Man" by Emerson Link and Palmer plays. Spring in the air. Soothing sixteen year old memories.
A Tuesday photo of The Bean Brook from the mail trail.
#gm #photography #soul
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2026-03-12 11:42:50 UTC

GM Nostr 🔥 I'm off to the mail trail in a few minutes. It's my hump day.
Stacked Sats at 70K earlier.
With the hope of getting
my time back.
Morning Fire 152
3.12.26
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2026-03-11 11:27:19 UTC

GM Nostr 🔥 I'm in front of morning fire 151. It's 6:20. I leave for the mail trail in 15 minutes. There's over 6 inches of fresh, fluffy snow out there. I cleaned it off my jeep before I went to bed last night. From the looks of it we didn't get much more. Today will be a challenge. I''m up for it. Nothing I haven't been through before. I got a good nights sleep. Feeling positive. Here we go. Hope you have a great day
#gm #coffeechain
3.11.26
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2026-02-19 11:35:15 UTC

Every dollar they "give" you creates MORE national debt. More debt means MORE Treasury bonds. More bonds means HIGHER interest rates. Higher rates mean YOUR cost of living goes UP.
So you get a refund check today and pay DOUBLE through inflation tomorrow.
The middle class will spend their refunds on new phones, cars, and vacations. The wealthy are watching what happens AFTER the spending stops because we understand the game. ~ Robert Kiyosaki
#inflation #bitcoin
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2026-02-08 18:53:40 UTC

I'm interested in what moves you to Zap a post.
I find myself zapping a lot of posts 10 Sats in appreciation. I really like Nostr and want it do well.
There's something different about this space compared to the Big Tech platforms. It's more calming for sure.
I know that Zaps keep me coming back.
I will zap you atleast 21 SAT's for your feedback.
What moves you to Zap?
#asknostr

2026-02-06 17:50:52 UTC

My two sons forging steel the old way. We homeschooled them. They're both creative. Here they are in action.
#homeschool #countryliving #proofoffather
https://youtu.be/Ia2ZzAMq6zc?

2025-12-07 18:34:16 UTC

Do I help my community and country by running a Bitcoin node?
#asknostr

2025-05-02 21:50:23 UTC

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Welcome to Machine.

2025-02-12 13:27:52 UTC

Keep shaking the box Mr. President. Shake it harder. You're the circuit breaker while people wake up.

2025-02-04 12:07:17 UTC

It seems Trump is ending Pax Americana with tariffs. In the world of business this is known as creative destruction. That's the way I understand it.
#Bitcoin

2025-01-30 12:21:40 UTC

"What’s important is finding out what works for you.” ~ Thomas Moore
5:50 AM. This quote speaks to me in so many ways. I'm going to play with it for 20 minutes before I go out to start the mail jeep.
One thing Daniel Quinn got across to me in his teaching novels was that life is more fruitful focusing on what works instead of what's right and wrong. The former is more of an engineering mindset; the latter you get into rules and religion. Both are important nonetheless.
We learned early on keeping our kids out of school works for them and us. Most parents nowadays work all day, then run their kids here and there for activities afterwards never spending time together as a family. We eat home cooked meals together 7 days a week.
I occasionally ask our kids if they want to go to school. It's always an emphatic no. With the access to the Internet they're privy to the same information we are. They see school has a place to be potentially bullied or shot and killed. It's prison like to them.
Shifting to a single income family has worked for us so far. Annie is home with the kids to help them on their learning journeys. Kids don't need school. School is primarily there to keep them off the job market. Everything revolves around the health and growth of our economy. It's about products over people. Schooling is no different.
That's not to say some kids benefit greatly from school and there are some amazing teachers out there. Again, it's what works for them.
I know that plowing up fields and spraying them with fertilizers and herbicides is bad for the land and our bodies. Cancer sucks. So we grow native plants with what Thoreau famously said in mind:
"In wildness is the preservation of the world."
Turn to the wild with an open heart and open mind and we see what works.
Well, that was fun. Now it's time to get ready for the mail trail. I hope you have great day! And I hope I didn't ruffle too many feathers. But then again, that might be why you made it this far.
Fire #118
1.30.25
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2025-01-26 18:45:47 UTC

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I've been stacking Bitcoin since July 2022. I've read the "Price of Tomorrow" and listened to a 1000 hours of Bitcoin podcasts. Yet a question still arises for me:
Will all of us living under a Bitcoin standard preserve and create more livable habitat for nonhumans and humans?
Because it seems like continuing to grow our population will result in less livable habitat for humans and nonhumans.

2025-01-26 16:03:54 UTC

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Thank you for asking. I was wondering what happened to Paris too. :-)