Bitcoin has entered the conversation in Michigan’s race for governor. "As governor, I will protect Michigan families, not stifle innovation. It’s time to let Bitcoin compete, grow, and give our citizens more control over their financial future.." - Tom Leonard #Bitcoin #poiitics Source in comments 👇

An eye is meant to see things. The soul is here for its own joy. A head has one use: For loving a true love. Feet: To chase after. Love is for vanishing into the sky. The mind, for learning what men have done and tried to do. Mysteries are not to be solved: The eye goes blind when it only wants to see why. A lover is always accused of something. But when he finds his love, whatever was lost in the looking comes back completely changed. ~ Rumi #poetry #soul #Rumi

"Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again." ~ Joseph Campbell GM. In case you're wondering what these morning fires are all about. Campbell said it better than I could. I've been lost and found countless times. :-) Off to the mail trail. I hope you have a great day. Morning Fire 121 2.10.26 #gm #soul #coffeechain

"Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer." ~ Joseph Campbell #quotes #soul #philosophy

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

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

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

"You yourself are participating in the evil, or you are not alive. Whatever you do is evil for somebody. This is one of the ironies of the whole creation." ~ Joseph Campbell #soul #philosophy #quotes

I hear an experienced elder helping out a young woman starting out in the world of work and money. I never get tired of listening to James Lavish. He is good at communicating finance. This deepened my understanding as to why our money is broken. #bitcoin #banking #fiat

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

"What we gain in Zazen is the balance of the autonomic nervous system." #zen #soul #body #mind 30 Questions With Nishijima Roshi | Hardcore Zen

30 Questions With Nishijima Roshi | Hardcore Zen

"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. --- ‘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." ---- 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 .