The financial storm will pass

October 13, 2008 | 3 comments

With the stock market crisis encircling the globe, millions of investors are worried about their financial future. Hopes for funded retirements have vaporized, savings for college education have dwindled, and now pensions are in doubt. What disaster will come next?

Managing debt

October 9, 2008 | 4 comments

My wife shared an interesting observation with me yesterday. She had been listening to a piece on the radio about how to manage debt. People were talking about the misery debt had brought into their lives, how they were burdened

Retaining value

October 8, 2008 | 4 comments

People’s jaws are dropping and leaving them gasping for air as they watch their stock portfolio’s decline in value faster than a lead weight falling through the sky. These are heady times, to say the least, for those who measure

Yellow Roses multiplying…

October 8, 2008 | 1 comment

I posted a blog in August titled, “Three Yellow Roses.” Yesterday, a reader sent me the below picture with a note that said, “I so appreciated your recent story featuring yellow roses, I was inspired to paint a watercolor! See

Be prepared

October 7, 2008 | 3 comments

I read a fascinating article last night titled, “The Killing Peak,” by Matthew Power, in Men’s Journal. The intro begins, “K2, the world’s second-highest summit, is the true climber’s mountain, more challenging and dangerous than Everest—as the world learned this