Hello Red Cat,

A very very warm welcome to the Nexus to you brother!  Your Introduction was GREAT - what a breath of fresh air after a recent spate of trolldom.

More and more middle aged folks and elders are joining the Nexus these days and I LOVE it.  I believe these voices (such as yours) need to be heard more around here.

Your life journey to date has been truly amazing.  I resonated with it in that my husband has had something vaguely similar.

When the Vietnam draft came down for him, he went the draft card burning route and bugged out/up to Canada.  Returned when the amnesty came down.  Did every possible drug you've heard of including morphine and heroin.

Has just been diagnosed with Lymphoma - we are waiting for phase/type info.  I suspect you can resonate with our feelings that be it six months or 20 years we will try to make the absolute best of the time left individually and between us to share.

There was so much in your essay, but let me just comment on your concerns regarding sourcing and illegality.  We don't discuss sourcing much hear.  Rather the bit philosophy here is literally to procure the plants and extract and/or to grow the plants from seed, then extract.  You can find easy information on growing mushrooms at home via the internet, and our Mushrooms section.  I think you are right that mushrooms are the way for you to start.

I'd also like to encourage you to join us nuts in chat - it can be a lot of fun, a great way to get to know folks here individually and a great way to get quick answers to questions.

I am voting Yes for Promotion for Red Cat and I encourage everyone else to immediately do the same.

Again, a very warm welcome to you.