“The gift of a common tongue is a priceless inheritance and it may well some day become the foundation of a common citizenship.” — Winston Churchill, 1943

Yesterday, as we sat down to Thanksgiving dinner, we took a moment to go beyond our typical thanks for the bounty before us: everyone at the table said something about one or more people at the table that they were thankful for.

My own list of gratitude extended to every person at our table:

• My wife’s patience, hard work, and diligence with all things related to managing our family’s life;

• Our older son’s avid interest and skill in hockey and his burgeoning leadership on his team;

• Our younger son’s diligence in all that he undertakes, from schoolwork to athletics;

• Our daughter’s thoughtfulness and creativity;

• My mother’s kindness and generosity to all;

• And my father’s tough-as-nails battle with cancer that allowed him to be with us.

We’re very fortunate, particularly this year.

And I thought it might be a chance to share that good fortune with you. Because I’ve been blessed not only with a growing community of thousands of subscribers like you, but also with opportunities to explore and grow.

In the spring, I collaborated with Rally.io to create the Timeless Coin, available on Rally’s site as $MONTY. The goal is to create a community of people who believe in timeless content that can be revisited and adapted for our modern age.

Holding $MONTY gives you a chance to get rewards (akin to dividends) and accumulate more coins.

In addition, I give additional benefits to holders of a certain level and above (such as free premium subscriptions for holders of $75 USD or more of Timeless Coin); we’re looking into adding a Discord server for deeper discussions in 2022.

And as we’re going into the holiday season, I wanted to give you a gift idea with a nice bonus attached to it.

Free Timeless Coin

From now until December 24, 2021 at 11:30 p.m., for every annual gift subscription of Timeless & Timely that you give, I’ll send you 10 $MONTY (valued at ~$60 at the time of publication).

All you have to do is buy a gift subscription for someone whom you think would enjoy this newsletter, screenshot the transaction, and submit it to Bonfire at this link.

Give a gift subscription

And you know what? This just hit me.

If you’re currently a free subscriber and want to upgrade your own subscription and were looking for an excuse, consider this the one. If you upgrade your free subscription to a paid annual subscription, I’ll send you 10 $MONTY as well. Follow this link to Bonfire to claim that bounty after you upgrade.

And I’m not going to stop there — for our existing paid subscribers, there’s something for you as well. I have a bonus 5 $MONTY for you, just to say thank you for your support. This will be arriving in your inbox as an airdrop from Bonfire.

If you have questions about Rally or the paid subscription of Timeless & Timely, please leave a comment or email me back.

Thanks again for being here and caring about timeless (and timely) content. I couldn’t do this without you.

I’ll see you on the internet.