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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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From Complexity To Simplicity
“Those old people, that generation that came before us, they were so silly. They came up with all these convoluted explanations for how the world works, but it was really so simple. But, they couldn’t see it because they were … Continue reading
Weeds In The Community
Oh, come on, people. Pull some weeds. But many don’t. My neighborhood has rules about these things. Curse homeowner’s associations if you will, but I admit that I like some of the rules, like the one about keeping the weeds … Continue reading
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Tagged Dream. Invest. Live., economics, economy, injustice, pandemic, personal finance, politics, science, social injustice, society
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More Than Enough
“I’ve had enough!” Call them prayers, visualizations, manifestations, I’ve asked the Universe for “more than enough.” There’s ‘not enough’, which is poverty. There’s ‘enough’, which is balancing on a razor’s edge, where a slip is a dangerous thing. Then there … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Dream. Invest. Live., emergency preparedness, frugal, frugality, Living Wage, minimalism, minimalist, minimum wage, persistence, personal finance, photos
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AMSC Out LCTX In
Can a title be more dull? Sure. The stories, however, they are what keep me interested in stock investing. Stories alone are not a reason to invest, unless you have lots more money to lose than most. Stocks without stories … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, diversification, Dream. Invest. Live., graphene, Individual investor, investing, LCTX, personal finance, Stem cells, stocks, superconductor
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Returning To Rural
Masks on. Proper distancing. Nice weather for sitting outside and considering the world and where it is heading. (I know, it’s spiraling through this universe at insane speeds, but too few care about that.) I met with someone recently about … Continue reading
Buying Time
I got paid! Yay! I got paid twice this month! Yay! Yay! (One was actually from selling a house in June, but paychecks can take a while to arrive in the time of Covid.) So, what am I going to … Continue reading
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Tagged expense, frugal, frugality, income, income taxes, pandemic, personal finance, real estate, real estate broker, Whidbey Island
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No News Big Smiles MVIS
Someone out there is having an epic; “I told you so” moment. I believe it was back in March when someone on the MVIS Reddit board told me to buy more MVIS stock because it was bound to go up, … Continue reading
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Tagged Dream. Invest. Live., investing, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, pandemic, personal finance, real estate, real estate broker, stocks, Whidbey Island
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Retiring Anxieties – Furnace Bicycle Mower
Here’s a challenge, and a celebration. What do a furnace, a bicycle, and a lawn mower have in common? Each has been a source of anxiety that has become a reason for celebration for me. Odd? Sure. There isn’t a … Continue reading
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Tagged anxieties, assets, bicycle, bicycling, debt, Dream. Invest. Live., expense, frugality, health, healthcare, income, Just Keep Pedaling, maintenance, personal finance, poverty, real estate, real estate broker, repair, replace, Triple Whammy
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Semi Annual Exercise Mid 2020
Semi Annual Exercise Mid 2020 Six months ago, who thought the world would look like this? (Let me check my notes. Nope. I was reading about but didn’t start writing about the pandemic until February 2020.) Six months from now, … Continue reading
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Tagged AAPL, AMAT, AMSC, climate change, coro, CSCO, FFIV, GERN, injustice, investing, LCTX, MSFT, MVIS, NPTN, pandemic, personal finance, politics, stocks, technology
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