Bloodroot nation
- ellen.stone
- Apr 22, 2020
- 1 min read
Oh, bloodroot, you are us in spring of 2020, sheltering ourselves in cloudy weather, or dark moments -- which we seem to have more often lately. It is as if there is a new season in between winter and spring called hunker down. We try to shed our winter gear, but cannot throw off our coats so soon. Maybe we are not so fragile, though. Maybe we are sinking our roots and rhizomes down deeper in the ground; maybe we are finding out what we are made of. And, like bloodroot, maybe we’ll find we have some cures inside of us. (For the record, this little bloom has been linked with assisting in treating gingivitis/dental plaque, eczema (due to high antioxidant content), cardiovascular disease and cancer. Not to mention its use as hair dye and insect repellant! And used to induce vomiting by Native Americans. So much for delicacy!)
Really enjoyed working through this post — it's clear you put genuine thought into it. The middle section especially gave me a clearer way to think about the whole process. I touched on the same subject from a different perspective at https://dapgorter.nl/media/pgs/uncx_expands_into_aerodrome_on_base__why_gauge_mode_is_a_strong_signal_for_safer_liquidity.html a little while back.
Good stuff — your examples did a lot of the heavy lifting and really grounded the ideas. I like that you left room for different approaches instead of insisting on one right way. Worth a look if you're interested — I keep a few related guides over at kodiak-finance.com.
This is the kind of post I end up bookmarking and forwarding to a couple of people. That section on common pitfalls alone is worth the time it took to read the whole thing. I touched on the same subject from a different perspective at usualmoney.net a little while back.