It seems like Amethyst stopped following the hashtags I had it following. I'm adding the important ones back now. #grownostr

I just ate one and a half fresh morel mushrooms. I'm unrepentant. #carnivore

Nostr is not Twitter.

PlantNet is the best app ever! It makes it so easy to identify native plants. #grownostr #nativeplants #plantnet

I planted this native mulberry last spring. It looks like the top died off, but if you look closely, you can see it is coming back up from the roots! #metaphor #grownostr #gonnabeok

Missouri ozark afternoon.

I just found an old horseshoe with nails still in it out in the woods. #grownostr

Midday in the Missouri Ozarks.

What options are there on nostr for group style discussions? What are people starting to think about and work on? #grownostr #nostr #plebchain

We are all more than Bitcoin! Let it show today and Grow Nostr! Post something, anything, else today and show us a tiny bit of your trip around the sun! I'll be posting some outdoor pics later today. #grownostr

I'm doing a mattress delivery this morning. I run a side hustle selling discounted name brand mattresses. If you are in the Springfield/Branson/West plains/Lebanon area, and need a good mattress, message me and I'll give you details!! If I happen to have what you need, it's one of the best deals going.

So I got to work today, and realized my tire was low. It took a couple minutes to find the leak and maybe 15 minutes more to patch it and air it up with the kit I carry. It was easier to fix it than change it. This is the second time I've had that happen at work in the last year or so. Oh and by the way if you don't have a reflective vest like construction workers and truckers wear, just put one in your vehicle with your emergency kit. I wasn't on the side of the road this time, but if you're ever stuck in that situation, it can literally be a lifesaver. #grownostr

#grownostr What makes an invention happen? As a child I was enchanted by stories of inventors. Those great heroes who came up with stuff and built it and often marketed it. Practically magic. Their genius was so successful, it felt like everything that needed to be invented had already been invented. As I've grown older, I haven't stopped thinking about it, but I have realized the historical fiction is a dramatic glorification. Frankly most of these things when they were invented were iterative. I mean, we learn how to forge steel, and so somebody makes an ax. Then we need to plow the prairies so somebody makes a plow from that steel. We learn how to make steam engines and somebody puts it on wheels. While not completely obvious, many of these kinds of inventions have been 'invented" by groups working independently at the same time each without the knowledge of the other. It was simply time. But there are some discoveries or inventions that seem to come about ahead of their time. In my mind the most famous is Einstein's theory of relativity. While we are still expanding upon it, it is essentially the same as he understood it quite a long time ago now. Bitcoin is the recent example that comes to mind. It was incredibly mature for its time. And then there are discoveries or inventions that seem to happen way later than they should have. Like nostr. As far as I can see, we more or less had the technology to do something like this back in the 90s possibly even in the '80s. Aquaponics is another example that comes to mind. While it has been around since about the late 1980s, theoretically it could have existed millennia ago, and would have easily been possible with the technology of the 1800s. Even today, it has yet to develop into a highly viable form of agriculture. It seems like there is some combination of resources and ability, interest and need, and discovery and opportunity that bring about new, useful, and unique things. This is a process that continues today. In the case of nostr, we will still be using it a decade from now but it will be so much more. Much of it is predictable but significant progress will happen through it that hasn't even been thought of yet. #grownostr

Use #bitcoin for Bitcoin. Use #grownostr for everything else. Follow both hashtags! I'm all in. Let's get this thing going! -credit to #[0] for #grownostr

My desktop nostr isn't working at the moment, but I'm still able to get on Nostr. I can't do that with my social media platforms. When they go down, they are down. When they go away, they go away. I'm all in. #grownostr

It's really cool how many people on here are into growing their own food and Bitcoin. I'm all in. #grownostr

Heart and Share! Quote the Note! #grownostr "10 common small business mistakes" 1. Leave the customer in the dark. Chances are as a small business you are providing a niche product or service. If you leave them guessing, they will guess their way right out the door. 2. Clean and paint. As a small business, it is likely you already have a subprime location. Show you care about it. It will feel more welcoming, and your product or service will be perceived as higher value and frankly, probably actually is. 3. Outside services. This can go both ways, sometimes people underutilize resources, other times they over utilize them. As a rule of thumb it is something you do and time that is otherwise wasted, you probably want to keep it in house. If it is something that is done when you are the busiest you may want to outsource it. If it is essential to your business, you probably want to do it in-house or in close partnership with a highly trusted partner. 4. Cash flow. You need enough money to smooth out the bumps. This means keeping lines of credit, having cash reserves, or in some cases inventory or assets that can be quickly moved. In hard economic times, this one is especially important. 5. Human energy. Lethargy kills small businesses. Not everything has to be done at high speed, but you want people who are interested, engaged, and energetic in your business. This especially includes you. This does NOT exclude people who have disabilities. Do your best to get and stay healthy. For solopreneurs, your physical, mental, and emotional health and vitality may be the single biggest factor in the success of your business. 6. Listen and engage with your people. This includes customers, vendors, suppliers, service providers, etc. Be "stuck up", and you will be stuck alone. 7. Respect. Some would read this as love. Appreciate the people who make your business a success. Never talk down people who make you a success. People feel this deeply even though they often won't put it into words. 8. Know your business. Whatever business you choose, be that, and understand it. If you sell hamburgers, sell hamburgers and know what's in them. If you sell cars, know what you have on the lot. Track and understand your financials. Small business owners sometimes get lost in the busy-ness or minutea and forget to actually run the business. 9. Advertising and publicity. This is your chance to make a first impression. You may feel like it's the tenth or hundredth impression, but when you finally make an impression, it will feel like a first impression to them. Show them you care and are happy to see them. If they can't find you, you don't exist. 10. Organization. Doing business with you should be smooth. Some small businesses have a relatively long sales process, there's nothing wrong with that, but don't let it become chaotic. Bonus: Treat everyone well including yourself. Temporary personal sacrifice is acceptable, business martyrdom is not. To fulfill this last mission, you actually have to get out there and do the work. Comment and *Quote the Note!*