Hello my Steemian brothers and sisters.
I completely quit using a mobile phone and internet simplifying and quieting down my life. I let my friends know that I would be reverting back to the old days when we would just drop by eachothers houses to see if the other was home. For maybe a week at the most I missed being able to google any idea or question that popped into my head, but i started appreciating the silence... I think of a phone as like an electronic Ouija board that can answer any question you might have and stores a backlog of these inquiries.
My laptop black-screened on me this past spring and I took it as a sign to steer away from electronics and internet. I use the simplest line of reasoning; the forest, the river, and their inhabitants... all natural things were created by the Great Spirit. Cities with their contents and technology with its invisable cell, wifi, and bluetooth signals penetrating everything; are mens concrete, plastic, and silicone rubbish with negative energy. I much prefer to surround myself with positive energy in a beautiful atmosphere made for us by the maker.
I had wanted to hike the Trail of tears this spring but during my technology break, I accepted a job offer and went back to work for the fed. My choices led me to living back in town and postponing my homesteading plans for a few more seasons. I plan to return to my side of the mountain in the Mississippi River Valley in February to start my cold weather crops and get my homestead back on track. The only plants I've been able to care for are my Nicotiana Rustica, the native Sacred Tobacco. These are special, truly sacred plants; I received the seeds from the Cherokee Seed Bank. It's of the worlds most nicotine potent strains of tobacco and to smoke it alone will make a person sick from the high potency. It needs to be mixed with barks or herbs to ingest, but can be used alone as a smudge stick. There are very specific and unique traditions involved in cultivating, curing, and 'remaking' this plant to maximize it's supernatural properties. Believe it or not, the customs involve lightning, thunder, and energy of a flowing stream.
Last week a computer kinda fell into my lap, and my first thoughts were about Steemit. I'm still not using a mobile phone or having my own internet, so I'll be hanging out at the library a bit.
This week I am working on a detailed article about my Sacred Tobacco, in which I am having a giveaway of Rustica seed pods. They retail for for a few bucks each online, so keep an eye out for it!
Peace and blessings.