What We’re Reading This Month – “Seven New”

By |2023-03-30T20:00:24+00:00March 28th, 2023|

Every month we show what is on our reading table. This month we added seven new books. Four are about the history of downtown Phoenix. We are reading these because of our purchase of the historic Gold Spot building. Another is a kids’ Bible to read with the grandchildren. The “Meditations” of Marcus [...]

TMP Floating Book Reviews – Three Books for February

By |2023-03-09T16:15:10+00:00March 5th, 2023|

Today we are reviewing three books: ON THE BARBARY COAST   “On the Barbary Coast" (347 pages, paperback, 2022) by Alaric Bond: The 15th, and last(?) in our series. Great and getting better. The Amazon description is: “Spring 1814 and, after four exhausting years on the North American Station, HMS Tenacious is finally [...]

Our February 2023 Standings – Sometimes It’s Better to be Lucky Than Good

By |2023-03-02T16:38:26+00:00March 2nd, 2023|

Napoleon never said this, but he should have; “I would rather have a general who was lucky than one who was good.”  We didn’t lose money on our thankfully failed new home buy, because we were lucky. TMP equity decreased slightly in value this month; down about 1%, or $6K. There is [...]

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