This post is intended to give you a glimpse of what you would pay for a mortgage here in North Central Florida in 1994. This post isn’t about politics or retirement or what usually concerns me and those of you who pay attention to my posts. When I found it on my computer, I thought …
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My Comments: This warning notice came to me from a woman I trust whose professional focus is helping those of us who are in the later stages of our lives. Her name is Star Bradbury and she lives here in Gainesville, Florida. Her recent email to me about this potential financial threat arrived in my …
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My Comments: This has absolutely nothing to do with retirement planning or how to invest and manage your money. But I find it compelling, given that my life expectancy is far shorter than that of my children and grandchildren. I decided to share it with those of you who may have similar observations about how …
My Comments: I’m a 60-year resident of Florida and the following may not interest those of you who live elsewhere. Unless you’re planning to move here soon. It resonates with me as I live in central Florida where hurricanes are typically less severe and coastal flooding is not an issue. Just know millions of people …
Murphy's Laws - Part 5 My Comments: Here is Murphy's Laws Part Five. This is the 5th of six such lists that I'm sharing. As I mentioned earlier, the order in which they appear seems to have no rational explanation but appeared this way in a file I got many years ago. Lewis' Law: People …
My Comments: We're all familiar with the common form of Murphy's Law which says to the effect that if something bad can happen, it will. What’s lesser known are the many, if not hundreds, of other "Murphy's Laws" that have surfaced over the years. At some point in my history, I encountered such a list, …
My Comments: Life, by definition, evolves, and almost never moves in a straight line. I found the following article on the Forbes website and it confirms my expressed thoughts about our current circumstances. I wrote earlier that our nation is experiencing it's fourth major upheaval since it's inception. They happen about every 80 years or …
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My Comments: Please note this chart appeared four years ago in 2016. I share it here to create a context for us to consider as we struggle with the pandemic and the effect it's going to have on our economy and our way of life. We've become very accustomed to what might be called "the …
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My Comments: I'm not usually a woe and gloom person. My glass is almost always half full. But when it comes to climate change and the existential threats we face living in Florida, I'm extremely glad our house in north central Florida is 100+ feet above mean sea level. by Geoff Dembicki \ 22 JUN …
Where *WWW* means Wretched Writers Welcome... My Comments: And I do feel welcome though have never had what it takes to call myself wretched and will probably never achieve that exalted status despite the hours I fill, as the pandemic continues and I'm forced to stay at home because I want to, and despite the …
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