OPTIONAL SUPPORT
Did a story mean something to you?
If one of these stories made you smile, brought back a memory, or touched you in some way, and you would like to help John continue preserving and sharing this journey, you can. Reading, commenting, sharing a memory, and sending a story to an old friend matter too.
ONE-TIME SUPPORT
Leave John a tip
There is no required amount. Give what feels right to you. A one-time tip does not require joining the Wind, Tide & Water Crew.
MONTHLY SUPPORT
Join the Wind, Tide & Water Crew
Monthly supporters help sustain the continuing archive and can eventually receive extras such as early access to selected stories, extra photographs, Story Behind the Story material, occasional audio in John’s own voice, early looks at memory-based illustrations, archive pieces, and book-development previews.
No fixed number of stories is promised each month. The memories should be shared when they are ready—not turned into a production quota.
These levels are private test candidates, not final approved public pricing. A future live monthly membership would continue until cancelled unless a different billing rule is explicitly implemented and disclosed.
OTHER WAYS TO HELP
Prefer Zelle, Venmo, Cash App, or a digital wallet?
The private build now has a separate direct-support pathway prepared for those choices. Exact business recipient information and live account links remain intentionally unpublished until verified and separately approved.
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Can’t afford a membership?
If you can’t afford a membership, please contact John about getting you full access. People who genuinely want to be part of the journey should not be excluded simply because the monthly cost is not comfortable for them.
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When card payments are eventually activated, they are intended to be processed through Stripe’s secure checkout. Card details would be entered into Stripe’s payment system rather than stored directly on the Shaped by Wind, Tide, and Water website.
Current status: private development only. Stripe, Venmo, Zelle, Cash App, and other payment destinations are not live through this build. No live key, bank connection, real card form, charge, or subscription exists here.