~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ![Cover_027.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdUv97fTqP5r74pcF9gaqjkGLJ2LqjFMQY5HSM6xkmS5X/Cover_027.png) ***The Daily Whistle Stops*** is a curation post brought to you by @thesteemengine! This post features the best posts from our members selected by our master curator @enchantedspirit! All of these posts were submitted in our Discord server's post-promotion channel, and have been hand picked to receive a nice upvote from our group account! If you'd like to see your post featured here, simply submit it in The STEEM Engine Discord server! Not a member of The STEEM Engine initiative? [Check out our intro post](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@thesteemengine/introducing-the-steem-engine-initiative) for more information about our group! ![cws.gif](https://steemit-production-imageproxy-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/DQmTAsshkx1rQWeA1tXd9X7eYwZcQBRPNzCNJjEuamii7fR) ***The Curator's Choices*** ![U5dsSeCejQEtjSWZFm9QZ7AnCcj72eF_1680x8400.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXsgDneJ6hwhdaRZaZ7aJvLnvioTfHwfRqjr3EqoN9B3z/U5dsSeCejQEtjSWZFm9QZ7AnCcj72eF_1680x8400.jpg) [NOTES FROM AN AMATEUR WRITER #50 Revisiting Childhood With Storm Boy and Mr Percival](https://steemit.com/writing/@naquoya/notes-from-an-amateur-writer-50-revisiting-childhood-with-storm-boy-and-mr-percival) @naquoya ![cws.gif](https://steemit-production-imageproxy-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/DQmTAsshkx1rQWeA1tXd9X7eYwZcQBRPNzCNJjEuamii7fR) ![DQmUpUiuPiEJazeMjG1Kp3WDZbCpvZzZueDbyeYmp3YPNB5.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUpUiuPiEJazeMjG1Kp3WDZbCpvZzZueDbyeYmp3YPNB5/DQmUpUiuPiEJazeMjG1Kp3WDZbCpvZzZueDbyeYmp3YPNB5.jpg) [True Life My Country's Government Has Shut Down Here's Why That Doesn't Matter](https://steemit.com/freedom/@axios/true-life-my-country-s-government-has-shut-down-here-s-why-that-doesn-t-matter) @axios ![cws.gif](https://steemit-production-imageproxy-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/DQmTAsshkx1rQWeA1tXd9X7eYwZcQBRPNzCNJjEuamii7fR) ![DQmRfXfNsMZ1ecZ3JN81mCqLKFVGjNwfcYEuVxTx12LZYAq.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRfXfNsMZ1ecZ3JN81mCqLKFVGjNwfcYEuVxTx12LZYAq/DQmRfXfNsMZ1ecZ3JN81mCqLKFVGjNwfcYEuVxTx12LZYAq.png) [Trickle Down Economics And That Time When The Banks Saved Us](https://steemit.com/economics/@penston/trickle-down-economics-and-that-time-when-the-banks-saved-us) @penston ![cws.gif](https://steemit-production-imageproxy-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/DQmTAsshkx1rQWeA1tXd9X7eYwZcQBRPNzCNJjEuamii7fR) ![DQmcMT8vNgCXoM8G5EUVbGGcrnxyYuhrZPCg1pv4UHXZCLV_1680x8400.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmYpfguApTsn1pBPVRvqtVBJZ7YzwnmBUgH7KYDVZBQtiy/DQmcMT8vNgCXoM8G5EUVbGGcrnxyYuhrZPCg1pv4UHXZCLV_1680x8400.jpg) [San Gorgonio Wilderness Adventures Fish Creek](https://steemit.com/hiking/@derekrichardson/san-gorgonio-wilderness-adventures-fish-creek) @derekrichardson ![cws.gif](https://steemit-production-imageproxy-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/DQmTAsshkx1rQWeA1tXd9X7eYwZcQBRPNzCNJjEuamii7fR) ![U5dqqm4o6cCHbwurnjSPvj4rVWYXnn6_1680x8400.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmfDXKezLTMfo7TQo4zFE4a4JqeNKwDQpEwtTJS3Ce9m8N/U5dqqm4o6cCHbwurnjSPvj4rVWYXnn6_1680x8400.jpg) [Items For Loving Life #2 The Best Gift of 2017](https://steemit.com/gift/@artibeus/items-for-loving-life-2-the-best-gift-of-2017) @artibeus ![cws.gif](https://steemit-production-imageproxy-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/DQmTAsshkx1rQWeA1tXd9X7eYwZcQBRPNzCNJjEuamii7fR) ![U5dtpp6BGwrLVctUHprSF169DEQF8U6_1680x8400.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmPFCnuYCGgAL3Fg31LJXks648JzZtoennw8qngW2nxoQ6/U5dtpp6BGwrLVctUHprSF169DEQF8U6_1680x8400.png) [Image Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spices_in_an_Indian_market.jpg) [Columbus and the Spice Trade](https://steemit.com/history/@mountainwashere/columbus-and-the-spice-trade-repost) @mountainwashere ![cws.gif](https://steemit-production-imageproxy-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/DQmTAsshkx1rQWeA1tXd9X7eYwZcQBRPNzCNJjEuamii7fR) ***This article and the next one look like the same one ... because @eonwarped has no imagination when it comes to images, unless he's posting fabulous food photos that I'm going to have to look at around lunch-time. Then he turns into Rembrandt.*** But they are different. One is essentially Part One ... and the next is essentially Part Two ... and you really need both to appreciate the whole story. So I went back to yesterday's offerings and found the start of the saga. (Much better this way!) ![DQmXFEpJ7yyK33gG9Q7Y4q4D5dLkEGmkVyo3WfkEzY1sY27.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXFEpJ7yyK33gG9Q7Y4q4D5dLkEGmkVyo3WfkEzY1sY27/DQmXFEpJ7yyK33gG9Q7Y4q4D5dLkEGmkVyo3WfkEzY1sY27.jpg) [Oliver's Olive Oil Goes Digital](https://steemit.com/steem/@eonwarped/oliver-s-olive-oil-goes-digital) @eonwarped ![cws.gif](https://steemit-production-imageproxy-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/DQmTAsshkx1rQWeA1tXd9X7eYwZcQBRPNzCNJjEuamii7fR) ![DQmXFEpJ7yyK33gG9Q7Y4q4D5dLkEGmkVyo3WfkEzY1sY27.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXFEpJ7yyK33gG9Q7Y4q4D5dLkEGmkVyo3WfkEzY1sY27/DQmXFEpJ7yyK33gG9Q7Y4q4D5dLkEGmkVyo3WfkEzY1sY27.jpg) [Oliver's Olive Oil Goes Into the Ground](https://steemit.com/steem/@eonwarped/oliver-s-olive-oil-goes-into-the-ground) @eonwarped ![cws.gif](https://steemit-production-imageproxy-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/DQmTAsshkx1rQWeA1tXd9X7eYwZcQBRPNzCNJjEuamii7fR) ![DQmUtjdndcRXB8mUDq23QBmcmWMtUwhnaza27pyzHBZdGkW.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUtjdndcRXB8mUDq23QBmcmWMtUwhnaza27pyzHBZdGkW/DQmUtjdndcRXB8mUDq23QBmcmWMtUwhnaza27pyzHBZdGkW.jpg) [Smile challenge I was challenged to share some smiles by one amazing Steemian and a great friend Eliza Cheng. Smiles are on me today. Cheers.](https://steemit.com/smilechallenge/@awakentolife/smile-challenge-i-was-challenged-to-share-some-smiles-by-one-amazing-steemian-and-friend-eliza-cheng) @awakentolife ![cws.gif](https://steemit-production-imageproxy-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/DQmTAsshkx1rQWeA1tXd9X7eYwZcQBRPNzCNJjEuamii7fR) ![U5drc4BjsEsXwrzUSCKb6ptSpi7yRqn_1680x8400.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXajbZHQvo6xuNxR54GC61yW37giQFzwvFMPpq8E5zWLc/U5drc4BjsEsXwrzUSCKb6ptSpi7yRqn_1680x8400.jpg) [SHADOWGAMES #7 (Comic) -- Kidnapper](https://steemit.com/writing/@flashfiction/shadowgames-7-comic-kidnapper) @flashfiction ![cws.gif](https://steemit-production-imageproxy-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/DQmTAsshkx1rQWeA1tXd9X7eYwZcQBRPNzCNJjEuamii7fR) ![U5drdS8youjWWdCpg2UXFexHKSSLadP.gif](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZ2W3xrALxbnLGqv8DjwST33T2t3hfHc3wt2MSetEaja4/U5drdS8youjWWdCpg2UXFexHKSSLadP.gif) [#15 Animation Into the Animation World What do we actually do?](https://steemit.com/art/@zord189/15-animation-into-the-animation-world-what-do-we-actually-do) @zord189 ![cws.gif](https://steemit-production-imageproxy-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/DQmTAsshkx1rQWeA1tXd9X7eYwZcQBRPNzCNJjEuamii7fR) ![U5dsYpuF7oS2dvpeDP25a5wCTTMEGx1_1680x8400.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZAUh1J17A8MPwGQ3y93sNZ5a4c3mUGCSNn6aadyUocPc/U5dsYpuF7oS2dvpeDP25a5wCTTMEGx1_1680x8400.jpg) [Jingle Dress](https://steemit.com/life/@eaglespirit/jingle-dress) @eaglespirit ![cws.gif](https://steemit-production-imageproxy-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/DQmTAsshkx1rQWeA1tXd9X7eYwZcQBRPNzCNJjEuamii7fR) ![DQmQisr2HuLfWXnMVgDksDTJk4UQJckqzSFnTWSkc8tiiFT.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQisr2HuLfWXnMVgDksDTJk4UQJckqzSFnTWSkc8tiiFT/DQmQisr2HuLfWXnMVgDksDTJk4UQJckqzSFnTWSkc8tiiFT.png) [Steemit Tutorial My Experience Sharing How to get more UPVOTES?](https://steemit.com/tutorial/@elizacheng/steemit-tutorial-my-experience-sharing-how-to-get-more-upvotes) @elizacheng ![cws.gif](https://steemit-production-imageproxy-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/DQmTAsshkx1rQWeA1tXd9X7eYwZcQBRPNzCNJjEuamii7fR) ***The Curator's Colleagues*** Here are even more fine curation posts ... various collections of hand-selected articles from *other* curators in our membership. [The STEEM Engine Express Podcasts](https://steemit.com/@ethandsmith) [The Daily Qurator](https://steemit.com/@qurator) [Steemit Ramble](https://steemit.com/@shadowspub) [The @mitneb Curation Trail Project](https://steemit.com/@mitneb) [The Magnificent Seven](https://steemit.com/@catweasel) [The Inbox Runneth Over](https://steemit.com/@enchantedspirit) ![cws.gif](https://steemit-production-imageproxy-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/DQmTAsshkx1rQWeA1tXd9X7eYwZcQBRPNzCNJjEuamii7fR) The author of this list of curated posts by members of ***The STEEM Engine*** is @enchantedspirit whose mostly metaphysical writing can be found on her own blog. ![cws.gif](https://steemit-production-imageproxy-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/DQmTAsshkx1rQWeA1tXd9X7eYwZcQBRPNzCNJjEuamii7fR) [![steemengineBanner.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXa3zVXJVYtacu5692MePMJTj35yZX7LKub8WUR4c91Mt/steemengineBanner.png)](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@thesteemengine/introducing-the-steem-engine-initiative)