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Port Townsend Is Great And
Port Townsend is great! So is my old neighborhood on Whidbey Island. In my opinion, so is much of the East Coast of the Pacific Ocean between Mt. Shasta in California and Juneau in Alaska. (Note: Pacific Northwest is a … Continue reading
Move From Whidbey Over 1700
$1,700 per month. Recently, I wrote a post about affordable housing (Permitting Affordable Housing). I’ve been thinking about real estate for a long enough time that I’ve written about real estate and was actually a realtor for a few years. … Continue reading
Stepping Towards Re-Retirement
Post-publishing note: As of November 1, 2022 I am no longer a real estate broker. My real estate sites temporarily lead here. At least temporarily, those sites will be for sale: WhidbeyRealtor.com WhidbeyRealtor.net MyWhidbeyRealtor.com MyWhidbeyRealtor.net . This post describes why … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycling, dancing, Firewatcher, frugal, health care, healthcare, hiking, Mental Health, real estate, real estate broker, reretirement, Retirement, screenplay, screenwriting, skiing, snowshoeing, Whidbey Island
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I Split My Pants
Some days it is hard to do anything the normal way. I split my pants. That’s common enough; but I split these pants down the front, not in the most embarrassing way, but from waist to knee. I think that … Continue reading
Reflecting On 2021 – A List
2021 is over. Yay. Whew. Wow. I felt exhausted, but that’s because I was. It was a challenging year. Ah, but there had to be good in there, and I wanted to remind myself of it. I felt like I … Continue reading
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Tagged anxieties, frugal, HELOC, hiking, housing, investing, Jeep, MVIS, pandemic, personal finance, photography, real estate, real estate broker, Retirement, retiring anxieties, stocks, truck, Twelve Month series, Whidbey, writing
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A Three Month Long Country Music Song-ish
I almost moved. I’m not surprised that others have found it a necessity, and that others find that they can’t. Three months of unexpected financial weirdness seem to be almost over. Somewhere in those three months are enough episodes for … Continue reading
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Tagged credit card, credit score, crime, debt, Friends, frugality, generosity, health, hiking, loans, Mental Health, MVIS, personal finance, stocks
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Just Keep Pedaling – Twenty Years Later
What a weird and wild ride it was and has been, both on the bicycle and in my life. Twenty years ago I rode across America from an island north of Seattle (San Juan Island) to an island south of … Continue reading
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Tagged anxieties, author, bicycle, bicycle touring, bicycling, hiking, Just Keep Pedaling, minimalism, minimalist, personal finance, Retirement, self image, self publishing, Twelve Month series, walking, Walking Thinking Drinking Across Scotland, Whidbey Island, writing
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Toilet Truck Telephone
Do not put those three things together, at least not at my house. Sure, most folks have phones, and people with the right rig will have a truck that can pull an RV that comes equipped with a toilet; but … Continue reading
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Tagged #StayHome, #WorkFromHome, anxieties, Big GiG, deferred maintenance, hiking, pandemic, podcast, real estate, real estate broker, telecommute, Whidbey Telecom
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