Welcome back! It’s great to see you active on Hive again. I completely agree with your take on writing here; it truly is a powerful indicator of mental and emotional stability. I'm sorry to hear the last few months were so intense and traumatic in the Twin Cities, but it's inspiring to see how you've channeled your resilience into such amazing projects.

Leaving traditional social media and breaking free from the doomscrolling loop seems to have been the best decision ever. That "creative renaissance" you mentioned is clearly visible in your post!

As someone who loves the creative process, I find your "serial hobbies" absolutely fascinating. The 3D sculpting on the iPad and the documentary sound great, but your mushroom cultivation and sourdough experiments look incredible! That pink oyster harvest looks beautiful, and discovering a mulberry tree in your own backyard after 15 years is the ultimate foraging jackpot. Mixing those berries into a sourdough loaf sounds like a dream.

It's clear that replacing empty screen time with tangible, rewarding crafts has been a game-changer for you. Looking forward to reading more about that documentary and your upcoming grow kits. Cheers to being back and well!

Quick question on the mushrooms: how has the cardboard and coffee ground experiment been holding up? Have you noticed a big difference compared to standard grain spawn?