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Authors Always Have More Work To Do
The book is done. The work has begun. On Tuesday was the first book talk for Kettle Pot Cup, a book I published about tea. This is a book about real tea, not with pinky raised or head bowed, but … Continue reading
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Tagged #TomTea, Charity, dandelion botanical, Don Scoby, Kettle Pot Cup, Langley Library, personal finance, real estate, real estate broker, Sno-Isle, tea, Whidbey Island, WOWI, writers, writing
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Affordable And Unaffordable Housing
(WA state required disclosure: I’m a broker at Dalton Realty, Inc. http://whidbeyrealtor.com/). My house’s tax assessment came in today. Yesterday I was part of a group meeting about affordable housing in one of your local tourist towns: Langley. A month … Continue reading
Good Enough
Take a deep breath and find a good seat. A lot has happened in the last 48 hours; all of it is good, or at least good enough. Just for the simple nature of it I’ll start with a personal … Continue reading
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Tagged #TomTea, aerospace engineering, consultant, consulting, Cultus Bay, dandelion botanical, Dugualla Bay, Feather and Fox, Kettle Pot Cup, Langley Library, personal finance, Public Speaking, real estate, rocket science, self publishing, Sno-Isle, Twelve Month series, Whidbey, Whidbey Island
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Not According To Plan
That didn’t go according to plan; but, it is 2022. What does? Serendipity helped. About a week ago I finished my book about tea, Kettle Pot Cup (assuming the proof copy proves good enough, due in two weeks). It is … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, books, Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk, Drew Kampion, Dugualla Bay, Kettle Pot Cup, perseverance, persistence, PNTP, real estate, serendipity, Twelve Month series, Ukraine, Whidbey, Whidbey Island
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Taxes Stocks Electric Cars
OK. There’s so much going on that it has been hard to know where to start. So, pardon me as I literally roll up my sleeves. I didn’t need to roll them up, but that act let me think a … Continue reading
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Tagged Dream. Invest. Live., ElectraMeccanica, electric cars, frugal, frugality, Great Resignation, health insurance, HELOC, income tax, investing, personal finance, real estate, real estate broker, self employment, SOLO, stocks, tax havens, taxes, WA Health Plan Finder
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Reasons For Optimism – February 2022
Feeling a bit down? Feeling like that question is an example of massive understatement? Welcome to the modern world (as of February 4, 2022, evening, US West Coast time). You’re not alone, or maybe it’s just me and I’m alone. … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable housing, agriculture, drones, electric cars, fresh idea, geothermal, innovation, investing, LEDs, MVIS, personal finance, PNTP, real estate, renewable energy, solar power, SOLO, stocks, technology, tidal power, Tiny Houses, wind power, WNDW
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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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Five Years Later 2016-2021
I missed my cue! Five years and one month ago I wrote a post about what life could be like five years later, September 2021. Let’s have fun tearing apart my own predictions. (Allow me to remind you and me … Continue reading
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Tagged #LearnFromHome, #WorkFromHome, artists, community, commuting, coworks, decentralized, ferry, frugality, Great Recession, Great Resignation, housing, infrastructure, learn from home, personal finance, real estate, remote work, rural distancing, sustainability, tourism, wealth, Whidbey, Whidbey Telecom, work from home
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A Home Loan To Retire Anxieties
A nice way to start the day, sending out a ‘thank you’ email, arranging to pay an overdue bill, contacting a doctor I actually enjoy visiting, and a hopefully scheduling a massage. Money makes things move. For several months I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged debt, frugal, frugality, HELOC, Home Equity Line Of Credit, housing, investing, mortgage, mortgage modification, MVIS, personal finance, poverty, real estate, refinancing, stocks, Whidbey
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Unlicensed Knowledge
How much do you know that you don’t even know you know? I’ll wait if you have to read that a few times. College degrees, professional licenses, certificates are the things that are hung on walls and listed on resumes. … Continue reading
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Tagged #TomTea, community, conservation, education, preservation, real estate, real estate broker, tea, TomTea, Whidbey Camano Land Trust, Whidbey Island
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