Summers in Arkansas are hot and humid, miserably so. This year seems even more so with numerous days recording dew points above 70 degrees. 

Needless to say, I tend to move indoors more as this weather establishes itself. Spring and fall are the times to be working outside, especially when you don't have to be out there. I have to . . .

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You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. - Steve Jobs

We are creatures of faith.

I'm not making some religious statement here, but merely a statement of fact. We get up in the morning and go about . . .

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Greetings!

I just released a second edition of the sorta popular travel guide on Bermuda titled Bermuda Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Traveling to Bermuda. It is written under the pen name Elisabeth Sanz.

This 66-page book has been popular in both North America and the UK. Bermuda is an British Overseas . . .

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.... long live Snow White.

I've had a relationship with Black Beauty for some 15 years and it has been a great relationship. She's always been good to me, and I've always been good to her.

I strove to keep her clean and well maintained. In return, she has made us look good together and been a reliable partner.

In sum, it's been a . . .

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Ok, for a bit of shameless self-promotion, I wanted to drop a quick line to let those who don't know already that my new book is available on Amazon. In fact, today you can pick up a Kindle ebook version for FREE. Tomorrow, it will jump to 99 cents and move up from there.

You can go directly to the book from HERE.

Also, stop by my . . .

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Discussions of the imminent bankruptcy of Social Security and Medicare come around at least once a year and along with it my blood pressure goes through the roof. The latest article I read was triggered over the Biden - Republicans' spitting contest on who wants to axe these programs. You can find the article here.

I've tended . . .

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We had an interesting experience when we returned to Fort Smith recently from our six-week trip to Mexico, which we abruptly ended in four days. I may talk about that story some other time, but today's short note revolves around surge pricing.

Huh?

Yeah, surge pricing. It's also called demand or dynamic pricing which is increasingly . . .

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