512: Plant the Damn Apple Tree | Special Edition

Cider Chat MC Ria Windcaller reads her August eCiderNews editorial, Plant the Damn Apple Tree, reflecting on entrepreneurship, uncertainty, abundance, and what an apple tree might teach us about the time in between.

FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK: SUMMER 2026 NEWS CYCLE REFLECTIONS

Cideries close. People in our community are passing. The weather is never dull.

And somewhere in all of that is a question:

Knowing how uncertain the outcome is, would you choose otherwise?

READ THE ORIGINAL eCIDERNEWS EDITORIAL

Plant the Damn Apple Tree
https://ciderchat.com/plant-the-damn-apple-tree/

EPISODE 512 TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Editorial Welcome
01:08 Maybe and the News
02:16 Why We Keep Trying
02:43 Cidery Closures Context
03:56 My Entrepreneur Ledger
05:45 Choosing Abundance
07:01 Plant the Apple Tree
07:52 Time and My Mom
08:48 Deal and Sign Off
09:50 Ciderville Outro Chant

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