Sam, Coffee, Money, & Thyme

        Did you have a good Halloween yesterday? We had a good  group about 5:5, then a big trickle just a few here and there. We live towar...

       Back in June, I figured out if life goes to plan, I am 78 months from retiring. Now, 76. To recap, my target date is  November 26, 20...

      Warning-long and tediously detailed post is ahead, but if you like number crunching, money management, and to laugh at others financia...

     Do others find themselves asking the questions, how much is enough, more often than you used to? I find I am examining the answer to th...

Working in a gallery-an option. The year I had my second child, DD#2, I was teaching preschool and returned post maternity leave afte...

I've developed friendships or minimally friendly relations with many coworkers that I keep in touch with over the 29 years of being in t...

I often have a good think on my long drive home, about how little we could comfortably live on in a manner that was healthy and socially ...