You don't know me or my motivation for being here. I was driven to hive by a company called Facebook and another one called Twitter. The censorship and manipulation of information were what drove me. While I like the monetization aspect that wasn't my motivator. I seldom venture into Leo Finance, and while I have crypto investments it's not really my cup of tea. I'm a gardener, photographer, and amateur chef. My wife and I are also philanthropists of sorts and I am semi-retired. HIVE for me is an outlet to share some of my creativity and life loves with others much like I use to do with friends on Facebook. You might laugh but Splinterlands was how I discovered this place. I was an old-school Magic the Gathering player and ran across Splinterlands accidentally following internet rabbit trails one day after installing the Brave browser. You see for an old fart I'm pretty forward-thinking and Brave, HIVE, Splinterlands all screamed to me of a different and better way to do things - taking the money from the hands of corporations and putting it back in the pockets of people. Yeah, so here I am, writing posts on eating healthier, sharing my photographs, and playing Splinterlands. If I want to make money I'll do it on Coinbase where my investments are.