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 …
The third in the series of updates on the structure and background of this site. See my original post, “Why I’m Writing” from November 2017 and the first update from March 2019. I’m now three years into this project and figured it’s time for a status check on where things stand with this site. I’m …
Part ten of my ongoing journal entries about life in the time of the 2020 Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Previous posts: Part One (Jan-Mar, 2020). Part Two (April 2020). Part Three (May 2020). Part Four (June 2020). Part Five (July 2020). Part Six (August 2020). Part Seven (September 2020). Part Eight (October 2020). Part Nine (November …
Part nine of my ongoing journal entries about life in the time of the 2020 Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Previous posts: Part One (Jan-Mar, 2020). Part Two (April 2020). Part Three (May 2020). Part Four (June 2020). Part Five (July 2020). Part Six (August 2020). Part Seven (September 2020). Part Eight (October 2020). November 3 We …
Part seven of my ongoing journal entries about life in the time of the 2020 Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Part One (Jan-Mar, 2020) is here. Part Two (April 2020) is here. Part Three (May 2020) is here. Part Four (June 2020) is here. Part Five (July 2020) is here. Part Six (August 2020) is here, Part …
Celebrating Allie’s 25th birthday, new apartment and new kitten, Perri, in this difficult year of Coronavirus. In the first nine months of 2020, we had only seen Allie twice for a total of about 10 days: for our trip to Aruba in March and when she came down for a short break to the Eastern …
Allie got her first cat, Perri, in September 2020 as a buddy in her new Boston apartment. Allie settled into her new Boston apartment in August 2020 and immediately became very eager to get a kitten to keep her company. After several weeks of intense but fruitless searching, she found a winning kitten, a one-eyed …
Part seven of my ongoing journal entries about life in the time of the 2020 Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Part One (Jan-Mar, 2020) is here. Part Two (April 2020) is here. Part Three (May 2020) is here. Part Four (June 2020) is here. Part Five (July 2020) is here. Part Six (August 2020) is here. September …
Part six of my ongoing journal entries about life in the time of the 2020 Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Part One (Jan-Mar, 2020) is here. Part Two (April 2020) is here. Part Three (May 2020) is here. Part Four (June 2020) is here. Part Five (July 2020) is here. August 3, 2020 The calendar has rolled …
With the coronavirus breaking records around the country but not in Maryland, we went ahead with a planned minibreak with Allie. She came down for the week in July, the first we had seen her since returning from Aruba in March, just before the lockdowns started. Allie worked from our home instead of hers for …