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Retiring One Percent
Are you part of the 1%? How about the 10%? I don’t dwell on it. A person is a person, regardless of their money. Power within society correlates with money, but Gandhi proved that wasn’t an absolute. Extreme inequities aren’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity, Financial Integrity, foreclosure, frugal, frugality, inequity, investing, jobs, New Road Map, occupy, personal finance, poverty, Retirement, Simple Living, stocks, wealth
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Early Harvests
It is harvest time, a little early for harvest festivals, but gardeners are already trying to cook, freeze, can, dry, or give away crops that are coming in faster than they can eat them. That’s a good year. In lean … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, books, Charity, consulting, CSA, Dream. Invest. Live., early retirement, entrepreneur, farmers market, foreclosure, frugal, frugality, Greenbank, housing, investing, Karate, LTBH, mortgage, personal finance, photos, quantitative easing, Retirement, Simple Living, sole-proprietor, stocks, teaching, Tilth, WCLT, wealth, Whidbey
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Words For Woes And Wows
Take notes. If your life is like most, you aren’t bored, incredible changes are rearranging your life, and you can’t count on your past to predict your future. We live in a time of great stories and, as a non-fiction … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, bank fraud, books, Cascades, consulting, Dream. Invest. Live., entrepreneur, fraud, HCLE, housing, jobs, Just Keep Pedaling, Langley, mortgage, New Road Map, NRM, personal finance, photos, Retirement, serendipity, speaking, stocks, teaching, unemployment, Whidbey, writing
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Pushing The Levers
This year set a record. My photos were on display and for sale every month through various venues. Nice coverage, and a compliment because most of the exhibits were by request. Today I sit beside my art outside Fine Balance … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Baileys Corner, books, consulting, Facebook, frugal, frugality, housing, investing, jobs, personal finance, photos, Retirement, Rural Characters, Scotland, Simple Living, speaking, stocks, teaching, unemployment, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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Doing One Thing
I had plenty of time to replace that light bulb while the tea kettle got ready to boil. But it is an outdoor fixture, and the housing is secured with two screws, and there’s yet another windstorm blowing through the … Continue reading
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Tagged Dream. Invest. Live., Financial Integrity, investing, New Road Map, personal finance, Retirement, taxes
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Just Start
Think. Consider. Ponder. Plan. But remember to get started. “The journey of a thousand leagues begins with one step.” Without that first step the journey may never happen, and after that first step the new view may change the goal. … Continue reading
Show Up
The folks that show up may not have signed up. The folks that signed up may not show up. That explains the traffic on the dance floor last night. At the urging of others I reserved a table for dinner … Continue reading
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Tagged aerospace engineering, Art, Baileys Corner, Boeing, books, Freakonomics, persistence, photos, Retirement, Scatchet, volunteering
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Restless Society
Retire. Relax. Take the time to wander around town and watch the world go by. If I did too much of that I’d gain too much weight and lose too much money. We talk about slowing down our frenetic society, … Continue reading
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Tagged global climate change, Langley, photos, Retirement, social injustice, sustainable civilization, talks, tourism, Whidbey
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