Monthly Archives: March 2019

Andy could finally drive all the way up to the land yesterday: As you can see, the road was dry, but he had to move trees out of the way. When he left this morning he cheerfully said he was … Continue reading →

Rummuser sent me a link to this article: New Delhi: Tax evasion is likely to get more difficult, if not impossible, with the entry of Big Data Analytics into the Income Tax (I-T) Department’s realm of tools to check tax … Continue reading →

I’ve already told a lot of people about this, but it’s too good not to share. Apparently a lot of people don’t pay the income taxes they owe, and the I.R.S. doesn’t have the resources to catch them. The I.R.S., … Continue reading →

I opened a jar of apple sauce all by myself! I didn’t have to give it to Andy to open or have to use a strap wrench, I just whacked the top with the back of a knife to break … Continue reading →

No problem, Andy and I aren’t about to get rid of our flip phones. Well, maybe if mine breaks I might switch to the iPhone 7 Plus Torben gave me last winter. It would probably be easier to text using … Continue reading →

I just read this article: Spam has taken over our phones. Will we ever want to answer them again? We knew spam calls could be a potential problem when we got our cell phones, so we never answer voice calls. … Continue reading →

This quote by General Chuck Yeager goes along with yesterday’s post: Unfortunately, many people do not consider fun to be an important part of their daily agenda. For me, that was always a high priority in whatever I was doing. … Continue reading →

The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. —Arnold J. Toynbee As I’ve written before, I agree with that quote, and doing our income taxes every year is great chance for me to practice. In the … Continue reading →

I drove home from Silver Sneakers yesterday in a hailstorm. The hail accumulated on the ground, but started melting as soon as the storm passed. It did snow for a bit later in the afternoon. Is that unusual? No. Sometimes … Continue reading →

It was foggy when Andy got up to the land yesterday: And instead of clearing off, it got even thicker: He had to drive slowly the first part of the way home because he couldn’t see the road. He drove … Continue reading →