Thank you!

It's very sad to think of so much destruction; lives lost — both human and wildlife. And yes, an entire town erased off the map. And in many ways, all we can do is pray for rain...

I do love that 30 seconds of Peace. And I have so much gratitude for the fact that we have that garden, and can enjoy far more than 30 seconds at a time there...

Thanks for the badge @jaynie! I must confess that I haven't been super active as of late (particularly on the Discord) but that doesn't mean I don't love you anymore! But you know... life, and things...

And now, for a **#posh## message, brought to you by twitter:

Wow. Just wow. We've had quite the pair of mothers... pickling their respective livers, much to the detriment of their children. I'm glad you're writing again! You're one of the best and most authentic

Maybe part of the "starting point" has to exist at the grassroots level; the level where we are telling our friends and colleagues about Hive. Do we tell them they can come here to "make

I always end up remembering the quote attributed to Gustave Flaubert: There is no truth. There is only perception. Not, of course, to be confused with facts. "It is 20 degrees today" might be

I don't know @taskmaster4450, every time one of these discussions come along, I find myself thinking that it's once again flying below the greater "story arc" that we have never clearly defined

Yeah, I know how this stuff sneaks up; I just renewed my driver's license which expired three days ago... on my birthday. Sorry to hear your card got frauded... hopefully you didn't have to go through

No worries — I figured it was probably just an expired card on file type thing; I'd just hate to see a wonderful community lose part of itself due to something so simple. As a keeper of many web sites,

Thanks! And yes, that pretty much sums it up... I seldom feel my actual age... although I am still not sure what feeling any age feels like...

You've got a point there, Paul... life does get a little weirder every day. Sometimes I wonder whether it's life getting weirder, or me becoming more of a stick-in-the-mud. Am I turning into one of those

Although it may sound self-indulgent and even non-caring, I've gradually come to the realization that what makes me "happy" is mostly not caring.

Thanks for the support, as always — I really do appreciate it!

I'm glad she's going to blog again... she's really entertaining and observant when she really gets into it. We'll see how long the inspiration lasts... but I hope she hangs out in Hivetopia for a while!

Thanks @lynds, the world just feels to me like it is out of balance. And the way it is currently swinging includes some trippy element of losing the grasp on What Actually Is.

Yes. no doubt we live in a world of constant change, and that includes constantly changing attitudes. At the moment, we seem to be part of an upswing of worry over things we have no control of.

I definitely do need to make some more gardening posts... but time! Just a couple of "administrative" points regarding @naturalmedicine: A few moments ago when I tried to load the naturalmedicine.io

It's always a good thing to invest in yourself. I think a lot of people completely misunderstand the old "pay yourself first" truism for the self-employed. "Paying yourself" can also