Customers will occasionally ask me about Bitcoin on the mail route. Because I write about it on social media.. The other day one offered to give me some of his money. I would invest it for him. And we would split the profits fifty fifty. I told him, "No, bitcoin doesn't work that way." "It's like the stock market, isn't it?" "No," I said "It's simpler. You buy what you are comfortable with and hold on to it for as long as possible. He gave a hesitating, "ok...." "No researching companies and taking advice from financial advisors. Bitcoin is simple. You will double your money in roughly 18 months. You want to hold it for at least 4 years, preferably 10. But once you hold it for any significant amount of time you will never want to get out of it. That's how it's gone for me. I will be in it 4 years this July. You never forget when you get into it." "We'll talk more about it later." He laughingly said. And I was off to make my way down the mail trail. #bitcoin #writing #countryliving

Good morning 🔥 Morning Fire 124 2.14.25 #gm #coffeechain #proofofwork

Mandala stone finished in May of 2025. #soul #mandala #proofofwork

“When the people who print money are buying gold, they're telling you something important about the money they print.” ~ James Lavish #bitcoin #gold #banking

If you are interested in understanding yourself better this quote might help you out: “Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.” – C.G. Jung #psychology #quotes #parenting #homeschool

It doesn't matter which political candidate you support. The politicians are always the last to change. The more people that see through the fiat money system the less you will hear politicians talk about it. What Abraham Lincoln said still holds true: "Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed." #bitcoin #politics #quotes

"America was once the hope of the world. "But what kind of hope? More than the hope of material prosperity, although that was part of it; and more than the promise of equality and liberty, although that, too, was an important part of it. And more than safety and security, precious as these things are. The deeper hope of America was its vision of what humanity is and can become — individually and in community. It was through that vision that all the material and social promise of America took its fire and light and its voice that called to men and women within its own borders and throughout the world. America was once a great idea, and it is such ideas that move the world, that open the possibility of meaning in human life." ~ Jacob Needleman, The American Soul (2002) #quotes #soul #america #philosophy

This is one reason we grow and sell native plants: Connection to nonhumans and neighbors #proofofwork #nativeplants #wonder #soul

"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek." ~ Joseph Campbell GM. I have off today. For 4 days. Back to the mail trail on Tuesday. Before I go deep a few things. Yesterday someone left a Carl Sagan book about time in their mailbox. I can't remember the title. That morning I wrote about my interest in time. So if it was for me put it back in there on Tuesday, I will take a look at it. I wasn't sure. I also found an I Phone laying at the end of POW Rd. Thursday afternoon.I took it back to the office. Our Postmaster charged it. We know whose it is. I was asking on the Springbrook Township page. A few people responded. We'll get it back to its owner. I got stuck yesterday. Pulled out of a driveway in two wheel drive, took it a little wide, and the flat ditch full of snow sucked me in. When they plow they fill the ditches full of snow, so it looks like more road, Deceiving. Four wheel drive didn't even get me out. Thankfully a carrier I work with lives out by me. She was on her way home. She swung by and tugged me out with her tow strap. It didn't take much. I had the front shoveled out with a small shovel I carry with me. It was like emptying a 5 gallon bucket full of sand with a tteaspoon. Snow sugary; shovel small. It was work. Writing these every morning "is the cave I fear to enter" (see quote above). Writing to my "tribe" on the Internet is one thing. But I know some of my neighbors read these. Some of them have told me so. And they are who they are. I see a lot of them weekly when I deliver their Amazon packages. I worry what they'll think of me from what they've read. Then these lines by William Stafford come to me: "If you don't know the kind of person I am and I don't know the kind of person you are a pattern that others made may prevail in the world and following the wrong god home we may miss our star." I don't want to miss my star, and I don't want you to either. So I keep trying to be transparent. I hope you have a great day. Morning Fire 123 2.13.26 #gm #mailtale #Wisconsin

"I have found there are two types of people who still insist Bitcoin is going to zero. Those who've done zero research on it. And those who did the research, didn't buy, and are now rooting against it out of regret. Neither is correct, of course." ~ James Lavish #bitcoin #finance

GM🔥 It's 10 out there. The midday sun is slowly starting to melt the ice and snow on the blacktop . Banks in front of mailboxes soften. Winter, it seems, is starting to lose its grip. I've been sitting in front of the fire reading about time. I read a lot about time. I was going to share a story about me running away from the school bus the first day of first grade, but I'm out of time. LOL. Off to the mail trail. I hope you have a great day. Morning Fire 123 2.12.26 #gm #coffeechain

6:40 AM. Last look before heading to the mail trail. 2.11.26 #gm #photography

"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

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