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Racing For Funds
The countdown has begun! There are only 51 days left! Yesterday, I helped launch an indiegogo campaign. The race to fund the HCLE Virtual Museum finally began to move. There are other countdowns commencing, things that can make a person … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity, consulting, crowdfunding, entrepreneur, Facebook, foreclosure, HCLE, HCLEMuseum, housing, indiegogo, investing, jobs, mortgage, occupy, personal finance, philanthropy, stocks, teaching, Twitter, Whidbey
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Fell For It
“We have met the enemy and he is us.” And who said comic strips don’t contain wisdom? That line is from Pogo, a classic and cancelled comic strip. I’ll make it personal. I have met the enemy and it is … Continue reading
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Tagged consulting, crowdfunding, emotions, frugal, frugality, health care, housing, indiegogo, investing, jobs, mortgage, occupy, personal finance, Simple Living, stocks, tiny house, wealth
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Gnawing On A Rock
“He’s worrying that like a dog gnaws a bone.” It is good to take time to consider, well, anything; mostly because for many, it is uncommon to take time for contemplation in today’s frenetic world. A dog knows there’s always … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, Art, books, Charity, consulting, entrepreneur, frugal, frugality, GIG, housing, investing, jobs, mortgage, MVIS, personal finance, photos, RSOL, Scotland, self publishing, Simple Living, speaking, stocks, teaching, Twitter, unemployment, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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Slow Disaster Preparedness
Who came up with the word, “preparedness”? Preparations should be good enough. Regardless, one of the signs of adult responsibility is being prepared for disasters. FEMA and the Red Cross suggest each of us having days of supplies and a … Continue reading
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Tagged Dream. Invest. Live., earthquake, estate planning, FEMA, frugal, frugality, health care, housing, investing, jobs, mortgage, personal finance, Red Cross, resourcefulness, Simple Living, stocks, storms, survivalist, tsunami, unemployment, volcano, volcanoes, Whidbey
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Incredible Changing Winds
The wind’s been blowing through Whidbey this week. Change is happening so quickly that hours after Wednesday’s news and blog my situation got better and worse, I heard more about others who hadn’t spoken before, offers of help included ideas … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Charity, consulting, default, digital singularity, Dream. Invest. Live., entrepreneur, Financial Integrity, foreclosure, frugal, frugality, housing, investing, jobs, LTBH, mortgage, New Road Map, occupy, personal finance, Scotland, sequestration, Simple Living, singularity, stocks, unemployment, voluntary simplicity, wealth, Whidbey
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Notice Foreclosure Notice
Yesterday I got the call. The mortgage company called, and in a rare case, I answered. In their usual manner, they delivered the news that they will begin foreclosure on my house on March 17th. I can’t recall their quote … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Charity, consulting, dancing, debt, entrepreneur, foreclosure, frugal, home, house, housing, investing, jobs, mortgage, occupy, personal finance, Scotland, self publishing, Simple Living, speaking, stocks, teaching, unemployment, wealth, writing
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My Jobs Report Month 18
Eighteen months. My job search has gone from regrettable but an opportunity to dive into old passions (before regular job reports), to surprise it was taking so long (at nine months) and putting my home on the market, to temporary … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, books, consulting, entrepreneur, HCLE, housing, investing, jobs, Lottery, LTBH, mortgage, New Road Map, personal finance, photos, Scotland, self publishing, speaking, stocks, teaching, unemployment, wealth, writing
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PicoP Ala Newton
I like to look ahead. I like to guess at trends and watch them develop. That skill, talent, and habit is why I live on Whidbey Island. It is why I invest in individual stocks. Decades of looking ahead is … Continue reading
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Tagged AAPL, bicycling, Dream. Invest. Live., entrepreneur, investing, jobs, Just Keep Pedaling, LTBH, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, picop, Scotland, Simple Living, stocks, trends, unemployment, wealth, Whidbey
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The Day Before
On Thursday, a meteor blew up over Russia. On Wednesday, there was plenty of press preparing people for an asteroid that would pass by on Friday. So, even when millions were ready to watch the skies for one cosmic event, … Continue reading
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Tagged 10000 hour rule, AMSC, books, consulting, entrepreneur, housing, investing, jobs, Madrona, meteor, Microvision, mortgage, MVIS, NORAD, paleo, personal finance, RSOL, self publishing, stocks, teaching, tiny house, Tiny Houses, unemployment, wealth, Whidbey, writing
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Small Recoveries
Try to remember. Try to remember those days when there was actual enthusiasm when people talked about stocks. The Irrational Exuberance era was appropriately named, but its negative over-reaction hasn’t worn the title it deserves: Irrational Revulsion. For the last … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, Dendreon, DNDN, GAIA, Gaiam, housing, investing, LTBH, micro cap, Microvision, mortgage, MVIS, occupy, personal finance, Provenge, Real Goods Solar, RSOL, small cap, solar power, stocks, Tres Amigas, wealth
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