Thank you @ewkaw, the support is always appreciated!

Joan, as my father sometimes would say: "you learn more with your ears, than with your lips!" There is a lot of truth to that, I think. Most people don't know how to truly be present with another,

Thanks for the link; very interesting! It reminds me of "True Friend Engagement" as I learned it in one of my nonduality spiritual communities, many years ago... be present, and listen, without

The problem in the US seems to be that nobody actually knows how much pharmaceuticals cost. That pricing information is almost like a state secret between Big Pharma and Insurance companies. Our doctor

We go along and do the best we can! In time we learn to get along with less and maybe that's really OK... a lot of the stuff we're "supposed to" consume is actually a bit wasteful.

We're increasingly focusing on "the small things" where we actually have a measure of control, and can "add something." We have an increasingly productive vegetable garden; most of

Yes, but I don't LIKE it! Klaus Schwab insisted I would LIKE it...

It's ironic that ownership is so highly valued in the USA... we are led to believe that we should strive for ownership, but the moment we have ownership, we get taxes "because we OWN something."

I think we are getting closer to a "tipping point" at which the fact that people simply can't afford their lives will cause consumption (of pretty much all consumer goods) to stagnate, and then

Part of our decision is precisely based on the fact that it's only going to get worse. We hate moving, and we put a lot of love and sweat equity into this property... and even though we thought we'd planned

Thanks for the support @ewkaw and @qurator, appreciate it.

No worries; difficult at first, but change is also something we can look forward to.

It's nice to occasionally talk to distant relatives and get the latest news!

Some of the rates are insane, when you count all the extra fees they tag on. I don't have that kind of card, and the few cards I do have I only use because they are sometimes required when you travel and

And postS?

Sometimes a technology break is the best thing we can do for our mental (and otherwise) world. It's very easy to get sucked in... thankfully, my wife and I do fairs with our respective artwork, and she

They are very beautiful little birds... and hard to photograph, with their quick flight and restless nature; well done. We get their "cousins" here in the States, and they are usually just a

Thank you Jacob! I appreciate your visits, and your commentary!

Thanks for stopping by @katharsisdrill, always nice to "see" you! I remember ending up here because I got so fed up and tired with the external world's (specifically Facebook) outright mean and

In the broadest sense, the only time I can think of where something Hive-related brought actual content consumers (from external sources) was with the public launch of Splinterlands. People bought into