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Slow Disaster Preparedness
Who came up with the word, “preparedness”? Preparations should be good enough. Regardless, one of the signs of adult responsibility is being prepared for disasters. FEMA and the Red Cross suggest each of us having days of supplies and a … Continue reading
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Tagged Dream. Invest. Live., earthquake, estate planning, FEMA, frugal, frugality, health care, housing, investing, jobs, mortgage, personal finance, Red Cross, resourcefulness, Simple Living, stocks, storms, survivalist, tsunami, unemployment, volcano, volcanoes, Whidbey
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When We Can Mourn
Please pardon the delay. Here it is, late Sunday afternoon, and I am just getting around to typing my Saturday morning blog. Nine days ago there was a death in my family. Since then, every day has been full of … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, death, Dream. Invest. Live., estate planning, Facebook, Family, funeral, investing, personal finance, social media, wealth
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Too Soon To Tell
Titles should have useful tags. There should be a key word in there that people, twitter, and the search engines all recognize. Not this time. Life doesn’t follow our rules, or maybe life follows our rules in its own way. … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, books, dancing, Dream. Invest. Live., economiy, housing, investing, jobs, LTBH, mortgage, personal finance, unemlpoyment, Whidbey, writing
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Incredible Changing Winds
The wind’s been blowing through Whidbey this week. Change is happening so quickly that hours after Wednesday’s news and blog my situation got better and worse, I heard more about others who hadn’t spoken before, offers of help included ideas … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Charity, consulting, default, digital singularity, Dream. Invest. Live., entrepreneur, Financial Integrity, foreclosure, frugal, frugality, housing, investing, jobs, LTBH, mortgage, New Road Map, occupy, personal finance, Scotland, sequestration, Simple Living, singularity, stocks, unemployment, voluntary simplicity, wealth, Whidbey
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Notice Foreclosure Notice
Yesterday I got the call. The mortgage company called, and in a rare case, I answered. In their usual manner, they delivered the news that they will begin foreclosure on my house on March 17th. I can’t recall their quote … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Charity, consulting, dancing, debt, entrepreneur, foreclosure, frugal, home, house, housing, investing, jobs, mortgage, occupy, personal finance, Scotland, self publishing, Simple Living, speaking, stocks, teaching, unemployment, wealth, writing
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My Jobs Report Month 18
Eighteen months. My job search has gone from regrettable but an opportunity to dive into old passions (before regular job reports), to surprise it was taking so long (at nine months) and putting my home on the market, to temporary … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, books, consulting, entrepreneur, HCLE, housing, investing, jobs, Lottery, LTBH, mortgage, New Road Map, personal finance, photos, Scotland, self publishing, speaking, stocks, teaching, unemployment, wealth, writing
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PicoP Ala Newton
I like to look ahead. I like to guess at trends and watch them develop. That skill, talent, and habit is why I live on Whidbey Island. It is why I invest in individual stocks. Decades of looking ahead is … Continue reading
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Tagged AAPL, bicycling, Dream. Invest. Live., entrepreneur, investing, jobs, Just Keep Pedaling, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, picop, Scotland, Simple Living, stocks, trends, unemployment, wealth, Whidbey
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The Day Before
On Thursday, a meteor blew up over Russia. On Wednesday, there was plenty of press preparing people for an asteroid that would pass by on Friday. So, even when millions were ready to watch the skies for one cosmic event, … Continue reading
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Tagged 10000 hour rule, AMSC, books, consulting, entrepreneur, housing, investing, jobs, Madrona, meteor, Microvision, mortgage, MVIS, NORAD, paleo, personal finance, RSOL, self publishing, stocks, teaching, tiny house, Tiny Houses, unemployment, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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Small Recoveries
Try to remember. Try to remember those days when there was actual enthusiasm when people talked about stocks. The Irrational Exuberance era was appropriately named, but its negative over-reaction hasn’t worn the title it deserves: Irrational Revulsion. For the last … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, Dendreon, DNDN, GAIA, Gaiam, housing, investing, LTBH, micro cap, Microvision, mortgage, MVIS, occupy, personal finance, Provenge, Real Goods Solar, RSOL, small cap, solar power, stocks, Tres Amigas, wealth
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Choose Your Emotion
“Tom, how’s it going?” With a week like these last seven days, the answer changes with the hour. Luckily, my walk across Scotland was a lesson in picking my emotions. Events trigger emotions as ever, but because of a revelation … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, dancing, emotions, frugal, frugality, housing, investing, jobs, Langley, LinkedIn, mortgage, personal finance, renaissance, Scotland, Simple Living, speaking, stocks, unemployment, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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