Wow, brisby, you sure know how to do anniversaries! Thank you.
I love Steemit. Don't know anything about the aps. I'm not very clever with the technology here, and I'm afraid to share my keys with anyone, but I love this platform. As you say, the friends. The camaraderie. The ability to reach across continents as though they don't exist. To reach across disciplines...to play at being an artist, to try to be a writer, to learn science and master difficult concepts. Of course at the bottom of it all is crypto. That does add the spice, the extra zing, but I'm almost not aware of it. To me it's like monopoly money. Every now and then I think, wow, if this adds up I can leave it to my kids. I would be heartbroken if this endeavor somehow collapsed. So it won't, I'm determined.
Thank you, my squirrelly friend--for your generous present, your kind words and your friendship.
I hope your absence in the last month was voluntary and not due to illness or difficult circumstances.