Winter First Moon of the New Year Business meeting this morning. Some drastic pruning budget wise to squeeze our spending into line with our post-retirement income. Example: dropped cable tv. I know. It feels almost unamerican. My […]
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Winter First Moon of the Winter Solstice Inflation is at 3.39%. How about that? Just thought you might like to know. Only reason I know is that we adjust the draw from our IRA every January and we have to take the inflation […]
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Beltane Waning Last Frost Moon Whoa. 84. Sometimes I think of the seasons as if we were on a moveable patch of earth. On a day like today our patch got shifted on the seasonal moving belt to about Georgia. Last week we were parked above the Canadian border for a while. Who knows where […]
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Winter Waning Moon of the Cold Month One more piece of the retirement puzzle should get put in place today, Medicaid part D for Kate. We’re visiting an adviser recommended by both Ruth Hayden and RJ Devick to help us sort through the overwhelming number of choices. Since last year we’ve added social security for […]
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Samhain Waxing Thanksgiving Moon Another morning spent worrying our post-retirement budget, trying to make it fit our post-retirement income. We’ll be able to do it and we’ll be fine: enough to eat, space and place to do things we love, but, like most folks, we won’t have as much as we would like. Fancy trips […]
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Spring Awakening Moon When we drove over to our financial consultant this morning, I looked up and saw a crescent Awakening moon tucked in behind three wispy rows of cirrus clouds. The moon, faint and slightly out of place, added a moment of mystery. It was an omen. Ever had a really pleasant surprise? I […]
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