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Off Grid Living In Town
Power! People were offering me power! And I turned them down, with thanks. One way to experience off-the-grid living is to move to a rural area where storms are common. Up comes the wind, down come the trees, out goes … Continue reading
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Tagged community, emergency preparedness, frugality, off the grid, off-grid, power, Puget Sound Energy, solar power, technology, Whidbey Island
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Popular Posts in 2020
Oh, what a year it was. Some of the topics I wrote about where: Politics, a pandemic, wildfires, storms, floods, changes in a social structure (including social media), health care, health insurance, Social Security, tea, writing, science fiction, real estate, … Continue reading
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Tagged anxieties, community, floods, food, frugality, Gig Economy, health care, health insurance, kindness, pandemic, politics, real estate, recovery, rural life, science fiction, shop local, Social Security, storms, sustainability, taxes, tea, wildfires, work from home, writing
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Spending Time On Social Media
Posts making your crazy? Folks on Facebook revealing a bit too much about the values behind their facade? Tweets flittering by as if there can’t be content in a few dozen characters? LinkedIn seeming to be so dull that it … Continue reading
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Tagged advocacy, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Facebook, frugality, LinkedIn, personal finance, PNTP, social media, Twitter
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Help With Social Security
This week I started signing up for Social Security. The benefits are better and not as great as I expected. The process is easier and harder than I expected. I’m not done yet; and I’m sad and glad to be … Continue reading
My Healthcare Plan For 2021
For folks in Washington State (and probably other places, too) it is that time of year to pick a healthcare plan for 2021. At least that’s true for people using the Washington State health insurance marketplace. The entire process took … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid 19, frugality, health, health care, health insurance, healthcare, real estate, real estate broker, WA Health Plan Finder
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What Has Not Changed
OK, peoples. I purposely took four days off from work, largely for medical reasons (busy, busy); purposely did so over Election Day because I already voted so there was nothing I could do about the outcome; didn’t really get any … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, climate change, Covid 19, culture, debt, Dream. Invest. Live., economy, finance, fossil fuels, frugal, frugal folk, frugality, Great Recession, Income Inequality, inequality, mortgage, pandemic, politics, real estate, renewable energy, social injustice, social media, society, unemployment, Wealth Inequality, Whidbey Island
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Do Not Wait Live
Are you still waiting? It’s the week before the US election. There’s a lot of waiting going on. People are waiting for the election, ah, the Electoral College, ah, the start of the new year, ah, the Inauguration, ah, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art of War, Dalton Realty, economy, frugal folk, frugality, investing, politics, real estate, real estate broker, time
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Friends In Tea Places
It is good to have friends in tea places. It’s also good to have friends in high places, which can either be powerful, spiritual, or recreational (as in recreational marijuana). I do have friends in each of those spheres, but … Continue reading
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Tagged dandelion botanical, frugal, frugal folk, frugality, joyful alchemy, Starbucks, tea
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Voting And Living Simpler
They looked at me oddly. I didn’t care. I almost danced to the Ballot Box, dropped in my ballot – and then danced a few steps. I voted! And it was a lot simpler than the various media outlets make … Continue reading
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Tagged dancing, frugality, investing, mutual funds, personal finance, politics, stocks
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Dueling Printers
Modern challenges. There are enough of those even without the onslaught that is 2020. Amidst the global and national turmoils, personal lives continue. Even with things locked down, change happens. Change is the only constant. Dealing with something as simple … Continue reading
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Tagged community, Dalton Realty, education, Entrepreneurship, frugal, frugality, poverty, real estate broker
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