Entering the Stream of STEEM

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This is a photo of our backyard in the Vancouver Version of Winter. The Pacific West Coast offers moderate temperatures, which means not a great deal of snow. Our river is always flowing and never ices completely over. There is always a place to enter.

Likewise, I am excited to wade in to this community and hope to find tribes within my diverse interests, including nature, slow food, photography, contemplative practices and EOS/Bitcoin.

I can see how my interests link and intertwine, however, for example, my yoga colleagues are not yet into cryptocurrency. I think that those within the Contemplative Practices would be all for the philosophies behind blockchain, cryptos and cyberpunking, given that there is more responsibility placed on the individual to manifest reality, and less trust placed in institutions for every day living.

I can see so many links between wanting to become self sustaining through living off grid, using permaculture practices for food and homesteading, and being deeply contemplative. So for me, the Steemit community at large feels like a comfortable pocket to slip into, especially being a conscientious defector from, dare I say it?, Facebook.

I am so intrigued by the philosophies of voluntarism that mark the crypto landscape at large, including the paradigm shift away from the potential for corruption within centralized organizations. I worked as a social worker for years, and can assure you that centralization serves those with power, and does not serve those who are marginalized or disenfranchised in any way. So many ideas of the current culture need to be examined as what is 'normative' is not always right action nor sustainable.

So many ideas to unpack, explore and communicate. I look forward to spirited and contemplative engagement.

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Very nice image of nature..I love it!

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Dear @Mers! Thank you so very much! My very first comment, and from a lovely woman too! Blessings.

You are welcome! I followed you back. We have something in common... photography and nature. There are many photography contests to join at on Steemit. You will love them & know them just in case you're interested to meet other users..If you have questions just ask and I'll try to see whether I could be of help to you..

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Thank you So much dear @Mers! You are very kind. I have just begun, so I don't even know what I don't know yet! But thank you so much for the offer. I'm certain I'll be ringing on your door bell... we can have cyber tea. I am interested in exploring our common ground. I see you are also into Gardening. Something I want to learn this year.

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