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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2026-05-23 12:02:28 UTC

6:40 AM. Puddles in the driveway. Chickadees sing spring song. Things feeling fresh at the nursery before heading to the Mail Trail.
5.23.26
#countryliving #gm
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2026-05-18 14:43:45 UTC

GM🔥 It's 9 AM. Just closed the fire down. Probably didn't need one today. But I like sitting in front of my fires. I have sat in front of 218 of them this burning season. Burning season is coming to an end soon for us.
It's late. Usually I am writing on this thing around six. Morning is half over from this vantage point.
There was a message from my neighbor when I turned my phone on. He's working on my mail jeep. Before he started buying parts and putting money into it he wanted to make sure it was okay.
A half hour later we hung up.
I'm blessed with good neighbors. My neighbor, the mechanic, helps us keep our old vehicles running. Just down the road is the neighbor I pay a monthly payment for the jeep currently being worked on. She didn't have to finance it. And in between them is a neighbor who recently gifted us a bunch of homemade Italian sausage and plants native plants from our nursery.
Like my mechanic neighbor said to me this morning, "We gotta get through this thing together."
That was a good reminder. I needed to hear that.
I'm off to make the most of my Monday off. Tomorrow it's back to the mail trail.
5.18.26
#coffeechain #gm
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2026-05-17 14:06:59 UTC

We look to ease our pain, and this keeps civilization
moving along. Fear is the architect here.
Fear keeps us working near the ark. ~ Rumi
GM🔥 It's ten to eight. Sunday. The fire in the photo about burned down. No one awake yet. I've been up since 4:30. That's when I get up to go to work. To deliver mail.
I waited an hour and a half to start my morning routine. A cold shower, then 40 minutes of meditation.
I didn't have to be anywhere on time. So I pet the cat that purs next to my head in bed. Scratch my wife's arm. Tell her I love her. She doesn't hear me most of the time. I go in and hug my 16 year old son in bed when he's sound asleep.
It keeps the worry at bay. It gets me out of myself. Relationship. Touch. A way to be home again.
I know I need to be tough, stoic disciplined .I do that too. That was the past 6 days..
There's that voice in back of my head telling me I have "free" time. I should be doing this, that, and every other god damn thing.
Dis ease is what it is. Sometimes I think smoking weed would fix it. Drinking worked until the next morning. Then the worry would hit harder. I really could see it when I started meditating.
The worry started up again when I started working full time for the Post office. That was officially 3 years ago. But as a part timer I was going full time back in 2020 already.
I have spent my whole life trying to understand this worry. Because there's something inside of me that tells me it's not supposed to be there. Always concerned about a future collapse of this or that.
A coworker and I got all dystopian about the data centers and AI yesterday morning. We're both middle aged men. Our kids mostly old enough to be looking at life beyond mom and Dad.
Another coworker, a young woman of 24 listening in says, "I want to have kids, but with all the AI stuff happening now I don't know."
The only thing I could tell her after a bit of silence was I was dead set against having kids until I was 34. Then I wasn't. And it was one of the best things I ever did. Maybe the best.
That's what's on my mind right now. I look forward to being outside working around our place and helping out with our native plant nursery.
I hope you have a great day.
#gm #coffeechain
Morning Fire 217
5.17.26
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2026-05-09 11:14:57 UTC

GM🔥 from the front of Morning Fire 209.
5.9.26
#gm #coffeechain
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2026-05-08 11:16:39 UTC

6 AM. Good morning from the front of morning fire 208. Not many of these left. It's 28 out there now. Supposed to get up in the 60's today.
Today is the opening day of Bean Brook Nursery. This is our 4th season. It's hard to believe.
Time is short. I have other things to do before leaving for the mail trail. Like reading some Rumi or something that reminds me of the mystery.
I hope you have a great day!
5.8.26
#gm #coffeechain
https://blossom.primal.net/7ef2123a175008608f93bdd1da324ca490f154f09abca050584f52d008463707.jpg

2026-05-06 11:40:28 UTC

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Never fails. It's always good to see number go up! 🚀
#bitcoin
#nevent1q…eqs8

2026-05-06 11:31:12 UTC

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Feels good, doesn't it?!

2026-05-02 11:40:32 UTC

GM🔥 Saturday. It got down to 27 last night. Left the hose on. Thankfully it wasn't frozen at 4:30 this morning. Took the sprayer off and emptied what wasn't frozen.
The Full Moon caught my attention before bed. That was about midnight. It was straight south and somewhat small I thought for a Full Moon. There will be another one on May 31st. The Blue Moon. Two this month.
I have Monday off. That'll give me 2 days in a row. Looking forward to it. It's been a couple of weeks of 6 days a week.
Annie will be potting barefoot plants that they delivered yesterday. Wasn't me. Must've beem FedEx or UPS.
They'll hopefully root in in a timely manner and she'll sell them.
Off to the mail trail. Hope you have a great day!
#gm #coffeechain
Morning Fire 202
5 2.26
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2026-04-28 11:29:37 UTC

GM🔥
Morning Fire 198
4.28.26
#gm #coffeechain
https://blossom.primal.net/67b6c501f32eb3d95c2b65777a61ce936244293c86f70e91c0d5fccc16c8afe2.jpg

2026-04-26 12:59:13 UTC

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I haven't read it. I will check it out. Thank you for mentioning it. Looking forward to the Scott Dedeis nterview!

2026-04-25 14:23:27 UTC

Thoreau: An American Hero
#soul #earth #quotes
https://blossom.primal.net/07256a7f8f1f3a890469bb94a63129a070f54744e28fe8926fd2e5184ef8fb56.jpg

2026-04-25 14:21:58 UTC

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Today a gift with a long list. Enjoy! :-)

2026-04-25 11:13:29 UTC

Think of how you came into this world.
Can you explain how that was? No? The same way
that you came is the same you will leave.
~ Rumi
#soul #rumi #depth

2026-04-23 13:51:53 UTC

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GM. You too!

2026-04-23 11:41:54 UTC

GM🔥
Morning Fire 193
4.23.26
#gm #coffeechain
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2026-04-20 11:39:16 UTC

GM 🔥
Off to start the mail jeep in a few minutes. It's 25 out there. I'll let it warm up a bit. Always nice to get into to something semi warm. Plus I think it's better on the engine and transmission. I pull out of my driveway it's 0 to 60 east on E.
Stacked BTC @ 75K this morning. I should just go all in! My full days wages into it. Fuck it. Let it ride. Not quite there yet though.
I do want to eventually run a node though. I've heard they're not plug and play though.
I stop in at my mom's today. I step in and say hi to her and my Grandma and hand them the mail daily. My grandma is starting to call her the "woman that lives here." It's getting to my mom.
I'm off to the mall trail. I hope you have a great day!
#gm #coffeechain
Morning Fire 190
4.20.26
https://blossom.primal.net/f870a6f397b58384cc071f3412e0368b1fff1aae619e3c1ba1051352a4693331.jpg

2026-04-19 12:50:49 UTC

GM. Alone in front of fire 189 like usual. Well, the cat just crossed in front of me moving from one window sill to another.
Outside sunny. Still below freezing at 7AM. When I was out there at 5AM frost on the ground stars shining.
It's a day off today kind of. The red mail jeep has a flat tire. Picked up a screw on the mail route. Don't know if I'm going to plug it or take it in to get it patched.
That involves running it town 15 miles one way. Which involves time and money. The former scarce with only one day off this week.
Usually I'd take it to my neighbors. But he's in Florida with his family and the son that stayed behind away for drill weekend in the Marines.
There's other things waiting for me to do out there. Firewood, nursery work, septic issues, etc.
For right now though, I'm going to sit still in front of this fire. And wait awhile before the wheels start turning. Because I can. And it's Sunday. It feels like the appropriate thing to do.
I hope you have a great Sunday.
4.19.26
#gm #coffeechain
https://blossom.primal.net/60042dd9fb78f011cb5e6cb4f07e01766cbe12ec08c3158ade22c26c235b4a1a.jpg

2026-04-15 11:28:45 UTC

GM Nostr🔥 I am off to the mail trail in a bit. Waiting for this fire to burn down.
My son takes his test to get his driver's license today. Everyone thinks he'll pass. It's his first attempt. I flunked my first time. So did my wife. We'll see! If I was to put money on it I put it on he'll pass.
It takes me back to those times. My kids are saints compared to what I was. I was facing felony charges at that age. Got my license in the Fall, lost them in the spring. Drinking and driving. Trying to outrun the cops. Anyway....
I'm off to the mail trail. I hope you have a great day.
Morning Fire 186
3.15.26
#gm #coffeechain
https://blossom.primal.net/8bc0d59247a5c313710680c9b4b71447a0aed13628624db2dd6fbeeda735246a.jpg

2026-04-13 13:31:25 UTC

GM Nostr,🔥
I hope you all have a great Monday!
Morning Fire 183
4.13.26
#gm #coffeechain
https://blossom.primal.net/79e1e4f734aa29cb19d5abf741def4d3f79b5f3ea049b1fa94930bd414293d49.jpg

2026-04-12 13:51:01 UTC

GM Nostr🔥
Sunday. A day off from the mail trail. Not from stacking SATs though.
Fred Krueger wrote this on X:
---
"Switch to a Bitcoin standard.
Think of your net worth entirely in Bitcoin terms.
"Everything will get cheaper over time.
Real estate will look like a bad investment.
You won't be inclined to trade.
"On a Bitcoin standard you use some of your Bitcoin to borrow off of. You never sell."
---
@nprofile…0j5p has made living on a Bitcoin standard possible for us. It wasn't before we downloaded Strike.
That's all for now.
I hope you have a great Sunday.
Morning Fire 182
4.12.26
#gm #bitcoin #coffeechain
https://blossom.primal.net/ac6a3c547fba494257353cb1fe8d72e5ce6488ad5e78113a7004246d4fd92e75.jpg

2026-04-10 14:00:24 UTC

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I have been on Earth 51 years. This is the hardest I have worked. Bitcoin creates incentive. The promise of time stretching out. Soul. That's what I've noticed anyway.
#bitcoin

2026-04-10 11:28:47 UTC

GM🔥 In front of Morning 180.
Day 4 of 5 of the Mail Trail.
Bitcoin at 72/K. It's down close to 50% from its all time high.
It feels like it'll never go up again. Been down for 6 months now.
They tell me it could be another 6 months.
Some say it'll never go up again. Maybe I'm a sucker. Been duped.
The psychology of taking a risk playing out on paper.
It's transparency. The goal is Transparent Man.
I have nothing to lose.
Makes for good writing.
Off to the mail trail.
4.10.26
#gm #coffeechain
https://blossom.primal.net/09201c0d4f603e8a3857044c7be32a44d527087d25ce40f5498080046c92f429.jpg

2026-04-04 16:38:53 UTC

From the Mail Trail: The Namekagon speaks to anyone willing to listen.
Springbrook, Wisconsin
4.4.26
#mailtrail #wisconsin #water #rivers
https://blossom.primal.net/92989edbe7dfe2600436ad9a9b7a8dfb4ca09b6f06b4e4638177a70922582e62.mp4

2026-04-02 11:37:30 UTC

GM Nostr 🔥
Morning Fire 172
4.2.26
#gm #coffeechain
https://blossom.primal.net/ae2f79c556022b098c617acc3430e2dce6d3ba4e0784599977a13b8d0df7448b.jpg

2026-03-28 11:42:33 UTC

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Thank you for the farmer's market story. I hope you have a great day. 🙏

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
https://blossom.primal.net/84f3b0cf808ef05d6cd094481046240d4d0a2cb69b488aeabc8fdcab8ea4135c.jpg

2026-03-24 11:41:02 UTC

GM.
Fire 163 burning bright and hot this morning.
.
Stacked at 71K this AM.
May Bitcoin stay decentralized and secure. 🙏
Back to the mail trail.
Hope you have a great day!
3.24.26
#gm #coffeechain
https://blossom.primal.net/2c6f7544f57e82b3934e8b41e607fbc3466e91af2dc96d70638a9b99686e88c5.jpg

2026-03-23 12:45:55 UTC

7:23 AM. GM Nostr🔥
Another day off from the mail trail. I stacked at 70K this morning. When I went to bed it was at 68K.
I thunbed through Facebook for maybe a minute this morning. An influencer posted there is a 5 day ceasefire in Iran. He said the markets reacted immediately after the announcement. Oil dropped, etc.
Maybe that's why Bitcoin is up. That doesn't matter so much to me. Conviction that it is the best currency in the world does.
So I keep stacking despite the noise.
I hope you have a great day.
Morning Fire 162
3.23.26
#gm #coffeechain
https://blossom.primal.net/a75a1f2e98d85381c000732b904200780803552877e12255495bf733afa1f3ba.jpg

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
https://blossom.primal.net/59dfc8173d072389c390f85fc211895d42c7ece7dc1591e6c84aa2300bccfadd.jpg

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
https://blossom.primal.net/59dfc8173d072389c390f85fc211895d42c7ece7dc1591e6c84aa2300bccfadd.jpg

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
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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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2026-03-09 16:10:00 UTC

GM Nostr🔥 It's 8:30. Still feels like 7:30. Thermometer reads 46 degrees. Way above average
I was out earlier dumping buckets of water for the animals. Before I got this fire going. Sunrise just happened. Chickadee song reminded me of spring. It's thinking about it, as my grandpa used to say.
The rest of the family is till in bed. I don't know what we're going to do today. It's my last day off. Part of me wants to not get too far from the house. Do the usual chores. Stay inside this afternoon, admire the dog and cats curled up in their nap spots, and maybe take one myself.
Tomorrow it's iback to the mail trail. Over a hundred miles of moving mail and packages.
Bought some Bitcoin at 68K this morning. It's way down in price. Part of my attraction to Bitcoin, I think, is that it's way bigger than me or anyone else.
Some people don't like it because the President speaks favorably of it. What they don't understand is he needs it way more than it needs him. Bitcoin submits to the laws of nature. It can't be controlled politically. We have never had money like this.
I hope you have a great day.
Morning Fire 149
3.926
#gm #coffeechain #bitcoin
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2026-03-09 14:34:20 UTC

GM 🔥 Nostr. It's 8:30. Still feels like 7:30. Thermometer reads 46 degrees. Way above average
I was out earlier dumping buckets of water for the animals. Before I got this fire going. Sunrise just happened. Chickadee song reminded me of spring. It's thinking about it, as my grandpa used to say.
The rest of the family is till in bed. I don't know what we're going to do today. It's my last day off. Part of me wants to not get too far from the house. Do the usual chores. Stay inside this afternoon, admire the dog and cats curled up in their nap spots, and maybe take one myself.
Tomorrow it's iback to the mail trail. Over a hundred miles of moving mail and packages.
Bought some Bitcoin at 68K this morning. It's way down in price. Part of my attraction to Bitcoin, I think, is that it's way bigger than me or anyone else.
Some people don't like it because the President speaks favorably of it. What they don't understand is he needs it way more than it needs him. Bitcoin submits to the laws of nature. It can't be controlled politically. We have never had money like this.
I hope you have a great day.
Morning Fire 149
3.926
#gm #coffeechain #bitcojn
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2026-03-09 13:53:58 UTC

2026-03-08 14:58:19 UTC

GM🔥 I bought my mom some cheddar horseradish cheese spread the other day.
I'm in town 5 days a week to sort mail and packages, then bring them 15 miles back out here to Springbrook to deliver them.
After work I usually go to the grocery store to pick up things our family or my mom needs. It saves on trips to town. in other words ttime and money.
When I walked through the door to my mom's house I noticed had a five and three ones sitting on the counter. When she went to hand them to me I asked her if she could pay me in Bitcoin instead.
She hesitated at first, then said sure.
So I went back out to my mail jeep to get my phone. When I returned we figured out how many Sats it would be, roughly 11 thousand. There's 100 million of them in a Bitcoin.
She punched it into her phone and hit send. In a blink of an eye my @nprofile…0j5p app notified me that I received it.
I wondered if it would be that fast if somebody from Zimbabwe sent me Sats.
People often ask me what Bitcoin is. Sometimes I say digital gold.
That's just one aspect to it though. I don't think you really understand what it is until you use it like my Mom and I did.
It's revolutionary. It's like having one foot in this world and the other in the world to come.
I hope you have a blessed Sunday. I am really looking forward to two days off. :-)
Morning Fire 148
3.8.26
#gm #coffeechain #bitcoin
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2026-03-08 14:14:02 UTC

We live in a K-Shaped Economy. It seems like Bitcoin will make this better. But if you asked me to explain it to a 3rd grader I couldn't do it right now.
Can you?
#asknostr #bitcoiin
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2026-03-07 12:35:51 UTC

GM🔥. Off to the mail trail. My fifth and final day. Two days off then.
Thunderstorms last evening. The first this spring. Periods of hard rain. I ran in it.
I woke up this morning to 31 degrees and slushy snow on the deck. Rain must've changed to snow while asleep.
Thankful for this fire.
BTC @ 68K. Stacked sone.
Hope you have a great day!
Morning Fire 147
3.7.26
#gm #coffeechain
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2026-03-06 13:00:17 UTC

GM Nostr 🔥
Glad to be here committed and contributing to a different system . . . in the Jeff Booth sense.
Morning Fire 146
3.6.26
#gm #coffeechain
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2026-03-02 14:13:28 UTC

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This was a good one.

2026-02-27 12:39:21 UTC

I bought some Bitcoin this morning, like I do every morning. It makes going to work more worth it. There's other incentives of course. My family, land, etc.
A lot of people in my world tell me "there's nothing there" with Bitcoin. "What is it!?" They ask.
I can never explain in the time I have facing another individual. All I try to say is buy 10 to 20 dollars worth and watch it. What have you got to lose?
I am closing in on my 4th year buying it. This July I will have crossed 4 year threshold. You're considered an investor if you make it that long.
It's way down from last year. I just read that in my journal. Yet my conviction hasn't waned. I just keep working and buying.
I think I might understand why:
Bitcoin is teaching me something about myself. It's way bigger than what I hold.
The Bitcoin network has something to teach humanity, I think.
I am glad to be alive to watch it unfold.
Morning Fire 138
2.,27.26
#gm #coffeechain #bitcoin
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2026-02-26 12:28:18 UTC

GM Nostr 🔥
Off to the mail trail. So I can stack sats tomorrow and build a better life for my family.
I hope you have a great day.
Morning Fire 137
2.26.26
#gm #coffeechain
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2026-02-23 18:33:39 UTC

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Thank you for your work, @nprofile…nj96 mallers. If it wasn't for you and your team at @nprofile…0j5p our family would be behind financially.

2026-02-23 18:28:56 UTC

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Great song.

2026-02-23 14:25:59 UTC

GM🔥 I noticed when I write to Nostr it feels different compared to Facebook. I don't feel like censoring myself as much. I can say what I want to say without predictable reactions.
That being said I feel less inclined to post provocatively here. I don't want it to turn into a Big Tech platform.
Maybe Jeff Booth is right. The current system depends on us blaming others and those up there.
That way we don't have to take responsibility for our own actions that perpetuate this current system of extraction, centralization, and control.
Nostr, like Bitcoin is decentralized. Outside the centralized system. Maybe that's where the hope lies.
I heard Michael Saylor describe decentralizion with an analogy the other day.
Attacking a decentralized system is like attacking a hornets nest with a pistol. You only end up getting hurt and the hornets nest get stronger.
Anyway, just musing first thing in the morning on my day off from the mail trail.
I hope you have a great day.
Morning Fire 133
2.23.26
#gm #coffeechain #nostr
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2026-02-22 18:00:55 UTC

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I educated myself about Bitcoin. A friend on Facebook sent me an interview Tucker Carlson did with Michael Saylor (Now one of the biggest buyers of Bitcoin) in early summer of 2022.
That was all it took. I started buying immediately. I never sold. I never traded. I didn't look at any other crypto coin.
Because the seasoned veterans in Bitcoin said again and again don't mess with other crypto coins. So I didn't. Thankfully knowing what I know now.
There is a wealth of resources out there. The time you put into it your education will pay for itself in time.
The more I educated myself the easier it was to trade our money (US Dollar) for Bitcoin.
Reach out to Bitcoiners with an openess to learn. My experience has been Bitcoiners are very helpful.
Back at the beginning one sent me a free hardcover copy of "The Bitcoin Standard."
Another Bitcoiner I know has gifted friends and family of mine $100 dollars worth of Bitcoin to help them get started. He's also bought a couple of them a Bitkey to store their Bitcoin on.
Lastly I would say learn how to distinguish legitimate criticism from stories meant to create FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt).
There are a lot of them out there. There's a lot at stake. Bitcoin is competing with the US Dollar, gold, silver, and other major assets.
Bitcoin, I think, will come out on top in the end though. Because it's a superior form of money.
I am thankful to have found Bitcoin.
#bitcoin
#nevent1q…3pj2

2026-02-22 14:31:46 UTC

GM🔥
Morning Fire 133
2.22.26
#gm #coffeechain
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2026-02-22 14:22:47 UTC

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I also think the schooling system is there to keep children and young adults out of the economy.
More on this here.
Schooling: The Hidden Agenda • Ishmael.org, the work & philosophy of Daniel Quinn https://share.google/sv7O0YSlxvchQ0xqE
#homeschool

2026-02-19 17:35:40 UTC

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Oops. I thought this was the link you offered for the Beau Turner interview. That was my favorite interview of yours so far.
I don't think I ever would've taken to Bitcoin if I didn't have a daily meditation practice. Once you feel that deep connection to whatever it is, like you mentioned, you don't forget it.
Anyway, back to deliverin mail. Thank you for another great interview!
#bitcoin

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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2026-02-18 12:28:20 UTC

GM Nostr. 🔥
Off to the mail trail soon.
I hope you have a great day working toward a vision of a world your grandchildren will desire.
Stacked BTC @ 67K this morning . On sale!
Morning Fire 129.
2.18.26
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#gm #coffeechain #plebchain
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2026-02-18 12:18:19 UTC

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I see soul in that wood.

2026-02-14 19:47:09 UTC

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Rumi is a master, a holy man.

2026-02-14 19:36:44 UTC

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"Don’t let your throat tighten with fear. Take sips of breath all day and night. Before death close your mouth." ~ Rumi
#soul #breath

2026-02-13 20:45:21 UTC

Mandala stone finished in May of 2025.
#soul #mandala #proofofwork
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2026-02-13 18:00:55 UTC

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I pulled over and bought more Bitcoin after listening to this interview. Thank you for it!

2026-02-11 12:25:58 UTC

"We began as a mineral. We emerged into plant life
and into the animal state. Then into being human,
and always we have forgotten our former states,
except in early spring when we almost
remember being green again." ~ Rumi
GM. Noticing insects starting to move around in the house. South facing banks becoming snowless. Melting ice on blacktop. Water dripping in metal gutters. Owls calling off in the nightly distance. What was ice in front of culverts a few days ago now flowing water.
Second week of February in Northwest Wisconsin. Anything to "almost remember being green again," I'll take.
Morning Fire 122
2.11.26
#gm #coffeechain #rumi #soul
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2026-02-11 01:23:06 UTC

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Where are you located?

2026-02-10 20:51:02 UTC

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Green. Growth. Signs of spring!

2026-02-09 19:07:19 UTC

My wife and daughter paint these. My daughter is 13 and homeschooled. My wife a stay at home mom.
This wouldn't be possible without Bitcoin. Feeling blessed.
#Bitcoin #proofofwork #soul #homeschool #family
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2026-02-09 12:23:01 UTC

GM. Back to the mail trail today. It's 22 out there. The sun willl officially rise in an hour. They're talking maybe some rain today.
Took a walk down the frozen Bean Brook yesterday afternoon. It was spur of the moment. For those of you who don't know The Bean runs through the middle of our 32 acres. It's behind our house.
I saw a lot of deer tracks. Didn't look that closely at them. There were probably coyote in there too. The south shoreline is starting to open.
I also spotted a lbuckthorn growing on the south bank. It was full of berries. So it's been there for awhile. I'm going to poison it . They are so aggressive.
Time to go. I hope you have a great day.
#gm #coffeechain
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2026-02-09 12:13:45 UTC

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Got it. My aunt used to live in Greeley. I was there once, as a child. I remember the mountains.

2026-02-09 00:27:45 UTC

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Where are you at again?

2026-02-08 22:51:25 UTC

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Cool! They do well. They're native perennials. So they have evolved to survive our Wisconsin winters.
I am looking forward to sharing flower photos this season. Here's one from last year.
#nativeplants #proofofwork
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2026-02-08 21:54:24 UTC

I asked Nostr what moves users to Zap.
One person responds:
" . . . .most of the time it‘s when I see proof of work in the form of a painting, a poem, an article, or some physical thing the nostrich made."
I feel more at home here after reading this.
I feel like our family were nostriches before the protocol presented itself.
We started building our cordwood house 20 years ago. And 4 years ago we started a native plant nursery.
#nativeplants #countryliving #plebchain
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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

2026-02-08 18:06:11 UTC

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Interesting. I wonder if Carl Jung ever had an opinion on the subject.

2026-02-08 16:01:45 UTC

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Happy Sunday! I've been enjoying your podcasts on the mail route. Keep them coming! :-)

2026-02-08 15:56:18 UTC

"What ages is not merely your functions and organs, but the whole of your nature, that particular person you have come to be and already were years ago." -- James Hillman
GM. I'm in front of Morning Fire 119 delighted. I wrote over 3 pages, double-spaced, longhand. And it flowed!
It's been a long time since this has happened. I like the trail I'm on.
It's memoir style. I'm trying to remember a life lived for the past 51 years. "Ishmael," by Daniel Quinn hasn't let me go. Read that close to 30 years go. So there's something there. I started with that.
Then my marriage came up in the writing. I went back to the beginning. And how the teachings I took in through Quinn created a bond between us. To this day I don't think we would've wed without those teachings.
The teachings, to me, are powerful. I don't understand why. Because I can share them with others and they can nod and get on with their day. But they reoriented me. Changed my vision of myself and the world.
I started to imagine differently. That allowed me to imagine a life with my wife. James Hillman, the Jungian psychologist, writes.
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‘If the character of a person is a complexity of images, then to know you I must imagine you, absorb your images.
"To stay connected with you, I must stay imaginatively interested, not in the process of our relationship or in my feelings for you, but in my imaginings of you.
"The connection through imagination yields an extraordinary closeness.
"Where imagination focuses intently on the character of the other - …. love follows."
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That's a glimpse of what I've been up to this morning. The challenge now is to go back reread and rewrite it. I might end up throwing the whole thing away. Been there, done that.
We'll see. I won't regret it. It feels like I've gained some clarity. And that's always a good thing to me. The mystery keeps unfolding.
I hope you have a great day.
2.8.26
#gm #memoir #soul #coffeechain
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2026-02-06 18:45:10 UTC

I just transferred some Sat's to my wallet. 1000 to the first person who shares a heart warming story about one of their grandparents.
#grandparents #soul #family

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?