Nation of Earth

I promised Fil that I'd start contrubuting more here to the group so here goes.

As I begin to keyboard this missive it is still raining. A clear line of blue sky to the north marks a distinct demarcation of heavy overcast and rains to the south. The blue sky slowly advancing.  We sure get some unique weather here in the Florida Keys.  All this means that at some point in the next couple of hours I have to go to work.  Always seems like a dirty 4 letter word to me "WORK".  BUT. Until a better modality of sustainability comes along the bills gotta be paid and food bought by partaking in the dirty 4 letter word called "WORK"

I like the barter system. Equal work for equal trade.   Have a client that owns one of those hair salons.  Never thought I'd be caught in one of those!!..LOL  I felt change in my appearence was needed to accomdate the changes ongoing within and my entire world changing.  I was a natural blonde as a youngin up until teen years.  Seems as soon as I hit the age of 20 my hair just got darker and darker to now a dark ash brown at age 46.   A wild hair up the backside oneday I thought hhhmm what would it be like to see that blonde 20 somethin dude again.  I did one of those home box  beach dye jobs... UGH!!! disaster!!!!!  Brassy Orange and I do mean Brassy.  Went to my one client that owns the hair salon and said "HELP"!!!

She said to come on in the shop.  I was hesitant about going until she told me they have a private room, okay cool.  We agreed upon me doing some extra work at their property in exchange for the bleach job. This is in addition to the twice montly service I provide. Fair Enough.  Got the hair done to blonde and I felt younger. "Hey that's me again"!!!  It has been over 20 years since I even had any length of hair!!. I always kept my hair cut in a military/USMC high and tight and I was very fastidious at maintaining such.  The past year I started slacking and letting it grow, buzzin it off, letting it grow again. Then I decided to just let it go and grow. 

So here I am a 46 year old dude in the midst of mid life crisis but I felt good at the old but new me.  The mirror reflecting an aging 21 year old who is now being constantly reminded by the ole body that we just can't do that like we used to. The Screw You  body attitude, I can do this, do anything to my body's signals no longer apply.  I pay for reckless ambitions  for such vicarious behavior these days.  As long as my mind don't age then it's all good.

The barter worked very well and I was happy to provide in exchange about 2 hours of labor on there property putting down mulch in landscape beds.  A follow up 2 months later to keep the look followed by "just deduct it" from the bill.  I'm good with that.

I needed a small push lawn mower. Ya know just one of those cheap 6 horse power jobs. I have a large commercial walk behind lawn mower I call "The Beast" it's heavy, awkward and cumbersome but not a lick of trouble/problems with engine, belt or blade in the now 7th  year of owning it and very hard use. Other than the rear wheels are falling apart in the axle hubs and the frame handle needs a weld job it's still in remarkable working condition. I have the handle jury rigged with heavy gauge wire.

Wouldn't you know a push mower came available from some folk moving.  There lawn needed cutting before they vacated the home and if I cut the grass I could have the mower... fair enough.  Now I have a little mower to do the small jobs with and zip in and zip out.

I like this barter system. If only I could get the grocery store to do the same and maintain the parking lot we'd be really good. Big Corporate store... nope and the account already taken.

I can only hope in the New World the current monetary system will be of no use.  Each can use there skills, talents and abilities in exchange for goods and services.  We can hope.

Okay time to fnish up here, post and carry on with the day. The sun trying to make an appearence now.  My plans are to be here on this forum more often.  My priorities are changing and focus being redirected.  Things are moving and shaking in the realms for me now as my Guides finally come through speaking to me and giving me directions once again.  I'm to start doing again among other things.

Will post an El Nino update for the group here.  It's something that is going to affect all this coming winter with some of the wildest and strangest weather probably yet to be seen if the trend continues to intensify and amplify like I feel it's going to. That however is another post.

My legal given name is Kev but  I also go by JD, Cowboy, SouthernRebel for those that remember me from the older forums and Friday Night Chat rooms. I continually evolve as years go onward it seems.  Feel fee to use any.

Kev