Today we are reviewing five books and repairing a Polar watch: 1. “Ireland: A Concise History from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day" (272 pages, paperback, 2005) by Paul Johnson. Paul Johnson passed away this month. He was a historian, a GIANT. I’ve read some of his other books and came across [...]
TMP equity increased in value this month; up $8K. And our water heater finally died after 17 years. Here is the historical record since we started TMP in March of 2019! Our TMP and TMP2 houses were all three slightly up: Here’s a video of the price history of the Valencia [...]
Every month we show what is on our reading table. This month we added three new books. We finished reading; ‘Just Kids”, “As Time Goes By”, “Sea of Tranquility”, “Cataclysm”, “The E Myth Revisited” and “The Shores of Tripoli”. We will drop “The Laws of Human Nature”, “The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry”, and [...]
TMP equity decreased slightly in value this month; down $2K. But so did most of the other “opportunities”: Here is the historical record since we started TMP in March of 2019! Our TMP and TMP2 houses show a mix; one up, two down: In real life, I got a new [...]
Every month we show what is on our reading table. This month we added three new books. We finished reading; ‘Just Kids”, “As Time Goes By”, “Sea of Tranquility”, and “The Shores of Tripoli”. We will drop “The Laws of Human Nature”, “The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry”, and “Mastery” because of too little [...]
TMP equity increased slightly in value this month; up $9K. The other “opportunities” jostled around a bit. “Oil” (USL) managed to beat Gold by a few hundred dollars for 2nd place. And a plain old CD at 3.1% jumped into 5th place beating the WOOD shares by four dollars, that is $4.00! Our [...]
Every month we show what is on our reading table. This month we added only two new books. We finished reading many; ‘One Rental At A Tim”, “Phoenix Then and Now”, “Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row”, “Midcentury Phoenix”, “Phoenix Past and Present”, “It’s Elemental”, and “The Medieval Cannon”. NEW “The Shores of Tripoli” (419 pages, [...]
Today we are reviewing five books and teaching sewing: FOUR BOOKS ON PHOENIX HISTORY Four books on Phoenix history. We are researching Phoenix history since we bought a historic building, The Gold Spot. Built in 1925. The 100th anniversary is coming up. The Gold Spot is located in downtown Phoenix on Roosevelt Row, [...]
Today we are reviewing two books: IT’S ELEMENTAL “It's Elemental: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything” (304 pages, paperback, 2022) by Kate Biberdorf: Amazon description is: “Have you ever wondered what makes dough rise? Or how your morning coffee gives you that energy boost? Or why your shampoo is making your hair look greasy? [...]
TMP went ‘slight sideways’ in value this month; slightly down $2K. Gold inched into second place. Are we really in a housing meltdown? I don’t think so. Neither does Jeff. Here’s Jeff’s report “2023 Phoenix Housing Update: A Housing Meltdown vs. Reality”: Our houses show slight decreases/increases/decreases in equity: Why [...]
