More Christmas letters than a reasonable person would ever need

I put up a new web page over the weekend. I finished my 2009 Christmas letter for friends and family. And then, because I’m a bit over-the-top myself, I created a page and put up all the letters I have stored in this computer. Enjoy! …and happy holidays {This is a very old post, and […]

Snapshot of early December

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad looks like the Fonz.

Yay! A meaningless form letter!

It’s been a big cluster-* from the beginning.

Timeline of Foreclosure – 6

I don’t know what we will do.

Timeline of Foreclosure – 5

Like I said earlier, when foreclosure hits a family, it can’t be explained away by one event. In my case, there were many steps to the place in which we now stand. Catch up to this point in the story with Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, and Chapter 4. Selling the Massachusetts house was […]

All Hallows Eve

My baby girl went to her first party without adults. (well, they hovered quietly in the house, while the kids had their party outside in the back yard) She was very very excited all week, and then came home hyped up on grown-up-ed- ness and sugar. A neighbor’s kids threw the party for their 12- […]

Time out to catch my breath

Look at this gorgeous planet of ours! Just look!

How do you define power?

People who are powerful are those who BELIEVE!!!

Timeline of foreclosure – 4

Mark couldn’t take the daily reminder of his perceived failure, and took off into the desert for awhile.

Timeline of foreclosure – 3

I was forced to begin pulling out money from my IRA. Twenty thousand here, Fourteen thousand there.