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Shower Sessions
Maybe I should take more showers. I’m not the only one. No. This has nothing (or very little) to do with hygiene during the pandemic. Like a lot of people, I had an idea in the shower a few weeks … Continue reading
Soup Stock Versus Company Stock
It’s the Friday after Thanksgiving as I type this. (Apologies to those reading from the future.) Many things are on my mind, but on such a day two things dominate – besides the occasional burp. The bird is cooked, so … Continue reading
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Tagged AMSC, Dream. Invest. Live., Electra Meccanica, ElectraMeccanica, frugal, frugality, FTCI, GERN, HTOO, investing, KULR, MVIS, personal finance, Solar Window, SolarWindow, SOLO, stocks, SUNW, Walking Thinking Drinking Across Scotland, WNDW, zazzle
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We Are Sprinting Marathons
Are you tired? I’m talking ‘marathon tired’, tired as in ‘hitting the wall’ or in some cases having the wall hit you. I’ve run marathons. They take training. It is common knowledge, but usually dismissed, that marathons are mental challenges, … Continue reading
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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Perfectly Imperfect Plans
A friend reminded me; “Better is the enemy of good enough.” which brought to mind, “Humans are imperfect. So, if you think you’re perfect, you’re not human.” and, “No plan survives contact with reality.” But it would be so nice … Continue reading
Playing Is Hard
Stop me before I play again. That’s the feeling I hear echoed from several successful friends. They continue to accomplish and succeed because they’re good; but also beause they’re afraid to be seen as slacking off, or worse, finding that … Continue reading
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Tagged dance, dancing, frugal, frugality, Just Keep Pedaling, Karate, Scotland, Walking Thinking Drinking Across Scotland, Whidbey, writing
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Health Insurance Confusion 2016
A toast, to paying for something I don’t quite understand yet is in my second highest expense category: health insurance. Yet again, I’m enrolled. It only took hours and days of effort to pay for something I haven’t been able … Continue reading
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Tagged ACA, foreclosure, frugal, frugality, health care, health insurance, housing, insurance, jobs, ObamaCare, personal finance, Walking Thinking Drinking Across Scotland, wealth, Whidbey
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Costly Commuting
It’s a fine, old truck. It’s generic white, has a good cap on the back, only has a few dings and dents, and could use a few thousand dollars if I decided to make it like new again. That’s not … Continue reading
Brexit Quebexit Texit Cascadiexit WhatsNextit
I raise a gin and tonic to the Brexit. I raise it because the Brexit was an accomplishment, or at least historic. The gin seems British, though in my case it is really just vodka infused with juniper. The idea … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Canada, Cascadia, Cascadiexit Texas, China, Cold War, economy, European Union, global warming, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Ireland, politics, Quebec, Quebexit, Scotland, TED talks, Texit, United Kingdom, Walking Thinking Drinking Across Scotland, World War I, World War II
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