This post is the result of a sleepness night and an idea that seemed clarifying in the moment but is maybe only half-baked. Still, it’s a start of an idea that I think may be worth exploring further. I’ve sketched the basics here and reserve the right to revise and expand upon it in the …
I took a baseball-inspired road trip in June 2024 to Cleveland, Toronto and Pittsburgh. My Pittsburgh History Lesson, Part 1 focused on the role of Fort Pitt in the 18th Century founding of Pittsburgh. This post focuses on what I learned about Pittsburgh’s history after 1800. The Heinz History Center has six floors spread over …
I took a baseball-inspired road trip in June 2024 to Cleveland, Toronto and Pittsburgh. Larry Harder suggested I visit the Fort Pitt Museum while in Pittsburgh and I subsequently added the Heinz History Center to my agenda because it was rated highly in TripAdvisor. When I arrived at the Fort Pitt Museum I was happy …
I feel the need to reflect and digest some of the things I’ve learned over the past several years of armchair history reading, listening and viewing. I have no idea when Part Two of this lesson may come, but this is something of a mid-term to assess where I am. I am particularly glad I …
While this entire website is something of a meditation on family, this post is a place for me to explore the topic in more depth. It has taken me a long time to recognize what an important role family holds over a lifetime. I think my evolving recognition is pretty typical, though it’s one of …
Here is a summary of the financial lessons I’ve learned over my investment career. I feel like I’ve gone through a long learning curve and want to share some of my slowly learned advice. I couldn’t write this post of Lessons Learned until I did a detailed review of my investment history, starting here. I …
Part 3 of my financial education, covering 2004 – 2020. In early 2004, I decided to change course and shift most of my investments into low-fee index funds and exchange traded funds that followed the S&P 500 or other more specific indexes. Over the course of the year, I skinnied my portfolio down from 47 …
Part 2 of my financial education, covering 1995 – 2004. Nineteen-ninety five was a watershed year in our lives for a number of reasons, not least of which was the impending arrival of our little bundle of joy, Allie. It became a time of reassessing and organizing my life goals and financial plans. I started …
A review of my financial education, such as it’s been. I’ve split this topic into several posts (this one covers 1968 – 1994) and taken out some of the detail to make the story a little less obnoxious. My purpose for these posts is not to brag, but hopefully to educate. I feel like I’ve …
Winter Break Category We almost always seek out a place to take a break, get some sun, and relax, sometime between January and March. Here’s a small collection of wisdom gained over multiple years of winter/spring breaks. With apologies for being Ugly Americans, our winter break vacations are not exercises in cultural appreciation. Barb (in …