Reminder: Volatility is a feature of fiat. One bitcoin is one bitcoin. Be grateful and enjoy your day.

The Garden Queen with the first asparagus of the season!

Our 10 year old son loves to draw. This is today's creation.

GM you beauties. First up coffee than a dogwalk on the beach. Have a good weekend all.

While back in Amsterdam recently, I noticed a quiet phenomenon while using public transport: nearly every face was lit not by the sun, but by the glow of a phone. A sea of people, heads bowed, eyes drawn into glass portals of endless distraction. They were connected everywhere but not present with what was around them. It felt as if they were drowning in information, yet starving for meaning.

Ideas have consequences, bitcoin is forcing change. There will come a time when all the money in the world is Energy Money. Only POW has value.

GN. Been noticing a more diverse timeline the past month. Life is good in #nostrland.

George Orwells hand written rules for the party in his novel 1984.

I like @preston new podcasting tangent. AI, Energy and Robotics etc. Inspiring and looking forward to listening to them.

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#Ashtanga yoga is not about flexibility. It's a breathing practise. The breath allows you to go deep into your soul.

Life is so much better when you have a exercise routine. Walks in nature, lifting iron, runs on the beach or a strong yoga practice puts a smile on my dial.

Gm, back in New Zealand, Aotearoa early this morning. Was a 16 hour long final flight from Doha. Great to be back, can't wait to see my family and dog. First up black coffee.

GM, last day in Amsterdam. It's been a great trip but looking forward to returning home and the spring weather.

Plenty of wind and the sun is out in Enkhuizen. Daughter is off for a few races this afternoon. Hope they have a blast.

My favorite place in any city is a good book store, here The American Book Store in Amsterdam. Have spent many hours and lots Euros in this place.

Life Is a Spiral: You Always Get a Second Chance to Grow Life rarely follows a straight line. Some climb a single mountain, step by step. Others live in spirals — returning to lessons they thought they had learned, discovering challenges they thought they had overcome, and finding the courage to begin again. I was born in Kampala, Uganda, and by age nine, my family had migrated first to the Netherlands and then on to New Zealand. Migration became my first initiation into change: learning new schools, new cultures, and how to belong. Leaving school early, working in a supermarket, I often felt adrift. At nineteen, I returned to the Netherlands to reconnect with family, find meaning, and pursue education. I eventually earned a master’s degree in economics, all while cultivating a meditation practice that has grounded me for decades. Later in life daily journaling and ashtanga yoga — where breath and movement merge — became the steady compass that carried me through life’s uncertainties. When i was young I climbed what David Brooks calls the “first mountain” — career, family, and societal success. But divorce, heartbreak, and unfulfilling work brought me into valleys I could not avoid. Life was asking me to grow, to shed what no longer served me, and to rediscover myself. In Amsterdam, I started again, living closer to my children, leaning into meditation, and embracing a life that felt authentic. I dreamed of sailing around the world — literally charting a new course. Life surprised me: I met my wife, we had a baby, and when our son was three months old, we set sail. For two and a half years, we lived on a small boat, crossing oceans, facing storms and challenges, and learning persistence, trust, and patience in real time. We eventually arrived in New Zealand and built a home surrounded by nature, with a flourishing garden, a sanctuary after decades of change. I still meditate twice a day, journal daily, practice ashtanga yoga, walk barefoot on the beach with my dog, enjoy good conversation and coffee Now I coach others through their own turning points, not from theory, but from lived experience. If there is one truth my spiral journey has taught me: you always get a second chance to grow. Every heartbreak, every move, every storm is an invitation to deepen, renew, and discover your true self. Life is not a straight climb. It is a spiral. And with each turn, we are given another chance — to rise, to renew, to grow.

GM nostr beauties.