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Hello, friends! I have a lot to say, and I've done a lot of work on Get Rich Slowly during the past three weeks, but most of my efforts aren't yet ready for public consumption. The site de-design is 95% complete, but that final five…

Interest rates on home mortgages are rising rapidly across the United States, which seems to be slowing most housing markets. (Some, like the market here in Corvallis, have been less affected. Give it time.) The average mortgage rate…

A couple of weekends ago, Kim and I enjoyed a short vacation on the Oregon Coast. She's been taking foraging classes, and she had an early morning workshop on harvesting sea vegetables one Sunday. Rather than wake in the middle of the…

Last month, the Federal Reserve released a new report: Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2021 . This annual survey gauges American financial health and attitudes. The 2021 edition was conducted last November. Here are some…

Both my ex-wife (Kris) and my current girlfriend (Kim) tell me I get too worked up about things sometimes. “You over-react,” they both tell me. Maybe so. I prefer to think of myself as passionate. One of the things I'm passionate about…

One morning just over ten years ago, I had an interesting conversation at the Crossfit gym. I was “rolling out” — using a foam roller to break up tissue — with the usual group of guys, when one of my buddies brought up this new thing…

Thank you, everyone, for your kind words and well wishes during the past two weeks. I appreciate them. We've been tying up loose ends related to Duane's life and death, and we're nearly finished with everything. Duane's memorial…

It's December 1972. I am three years old. My parents have to be away for the night. They drive me to stay with Dad's brother and his family. It's cold and it's raining. We stand on a covered porch and knock. A big lady with a big smile…

My Christmas curse continues! You see, for a long time now — almost thirty years — Christmas has become synonymous with home problems for me. This all started in the first home that Kris and I owned back when we were newly married. We…

My mother's health has been declining over the past few months, and it's produced a wee bit of year-end financial drama in our family. (The word “drama” is a bit of an exaggeration. Maybe it's produced some year-end financial…