November 2011

Stress-free Finances: Bank at a Credit Union

November 29, 2011

Yesterday morning I e-mailed the credit union to ask about prequalifying for a loan, should I decide to buy the house I’m presently coveting. Though my house is paid off and probably, when sold, will net enough to pay for the adored other house, which is on the market as a short sale, in the [...]

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Keepin’ the Books, Keepin’ the House

November 28, 2011

This weekend updating Quickbooks Online occupied a full afternoon. As with everything else of late, I’ve gone totally lâche with that project. Not, in this case, out of raw laziness but because Intuit seems to discourage users from backing up Cloud-based data onto local computers. Because I couldn’t find instructions for any back-up other than [...]

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Moments of Light

November 25, 2011

Moments of light: that’s what Wordsworth called those instants of transcendent vision that our excellent pastor calls the “thin places” between this flesh-bound world and the view of spiritual reality. It’s surprising how little it can take to elicit an “ah-hah” moment, the “I can see clearly now/The rain is gone” insight. A day or [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 24, 2011

My beautiful son Great friends The All Saints Choir Cassie the Corgi Charley the Puppy A roof over my head Enough to eat A beautiful cool morning What are you giving thanks for today? Images: Jennie A. Brownscombe, The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth. 1914. Public Domain. Charles William Jefferys, The Order of Good Cheer, 1606. [...]

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Black Friday: Turn Off Your Phone at the Mall

November 24, 2011

If you’re planning to dive into the Black Friday maelstrom, you might want to think about turning off your cell phone before you walk into the mall. That is, if you’re the type who passionately values your privacy. In the latest encroachment by the quasi-government that is Corporate America, a couple of malls will experiment [...]

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Another Day, Another Job Hunt

November 23, 2011

Finished reading student papers and applied for another job yesterday. Ugh. Writing a cover letter and tweaking the CV took over half the day—longer than chugging through the student papers. The community college where I’m working has finally advertised a full-time position in its English department. The ad reads like it was written for me…everything [...]

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