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Spring Is Coming
The northern hemisphere is in the tail end of winter and amidst the anticipation of spring. Friends around the US are done shoveling snow and are watching bulbs poke through. Around my house the rain will be warmer, but up … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Darwin, Decisive Decade, Dismal Decade, downsizing, farmers market, Franklin, Ghandhi, GSEC, Jon Stewart, Middle East, Obama, Wall Street, Wisconsin
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Rainbow Morning
With astronomical precision and meteorological permission, sunshine came over the ridge behind my house. Across the Sound a storm is kicking up whitecaps and obscuring the Olympics with a mist. The two made a rainbow to start my day. How … Continue reading
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Short Comfort Zones
Ha! You investment types probably think I’m thinking about stocks. Nope. Believe it or not, I’m typing about fashion. My clueless approach to clothes has somehow become my definable style. I wear shorts. And I’ve even learned a lesson by … Continue reading
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Tagged Carhartts, comfort zone, fashion, Kurt Hoetling, shorts
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Ignore The News
Lindsay Lohan. That’s already too many syllables devoted to that topic. Recently I got rid of my satellite service. No dish. No cable contract. No rabbit ears. All the news I get is from friends and from the stream. I … Continue reading
Poor To Rich
Unless we’re born wealthy, most people see themselves moving from poor to rich. That’s part of the American Dream. Anybody can make it with hard work and luck. Poor to rich also describes the way money flows, or doesn’t. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Bead for Life, Foster School of Business, GSEC, Kaite, Sanergy, WCLT, Wello, Whidbey, Whidbey Camano Land Trust, Whidbey Island
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Substantial Story
A friend posted the query on Facebook, “What opens your heart?” My response was “another open heart.” One of my favorite things is listening to stories. From Garrison Keillor to a friend’s blog (Dave Day’s amazing life) to after-dinner chats … Continue reading
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Tagged dancing, Dendreon, DNDN, Garrison Keillor, GSEC, Microvision, MVIS, Sanergy, sustainability, UW, Wello
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Golden Revolution
Egypt is Poland. In both cases change came from within, and the change came from a disgruntled populace, not from an opposition political party. After Poland changed, everything in the USSR changed. With Egypt and Tunisia changing, what other countries … Continue reading
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Tagged Egypt, Facebook, Golden, Golden Rule, Jim Cramer, Jon Stewart, Lech Walesa, Poland, revolution, Russia, Solidarity, Tunisia, Twitter, USSR, Winston Churchill
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Tangible Wealth
Scrooge McDuck made his wealth tangible by filling a room with gold coins and then diving in. Ouch. Doing the same thing with paper money is softer, but no less ridiculous. Do you know where all that money has been? … Continue reading
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Tagged Bacall, Bogie, Dream. Invest. Live., Frank McCloud, Johnny Rocco, Key Largo, Scotland, sustainability, walking, wealth
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When To Sell
When to sell? When you want to. When you need to. Okay, let me be more specific than that, even though those two short sentences are wonderfully concise. Of course, I am talking about when to sell stocks; but, the … Continue reading
Solutions Or Answers
We don’t know everything. What is life? Where does consciousness reside? Why are we here? How do bees and ants manage complexity with tiny brains? Are we alone in the universe? Is this the only universe? What is reality? What … Continue reading
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Tagged Apollo Program, cold fusion, Fleischmann, Manhattan Project, Pons
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