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"To America – With Profound Gratitude: My Journey to Freedom and Independence" by Reiko McKendry
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The role of a spouse
The second half of this post is a sequel to last year’s blog post about the 610 MASS reunion. In the previous post, I talked about David having been nominated to succeed as chairman of its Alumni Association. Before I come back … Continue reading
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I am grateful for my loving family
For the last two decades or so, almost every Fourth of July, as well as days surrounding the holiday, we had spent time at our daughter-in-law Kathy’s Grandfather’s lake-front cottage in Michigan. PT, as we affectionately called him, passed away … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – Why are millions, world over, struggling today?
In May 2016, I wrote about “The Big Short.” This post is a sequel of sorts. Attached is a link to a four-part series on “Money, Power, and Wall Street” by PBS Frontline. Each part is slightly less than one hour. … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – Who has the time to exercise?
In 1984, shortly after obtaining my Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, I began working for Chrysler at its then headquarters in Highland Park, Michigan. Then, in 1996, the company moved its headquarters to Auburn Hills, about 30 miles north … Continue reading
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A former native’s perspective on President Obama’s speech in Hiroshima, Japan
There is no shortage of opinions regarding the speech President Obama gave at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Japan on May 27, 2016. Since I happened to have addressed the issue of nuclear bombs just days prior in my May 2016 blog … Continue reading
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Will we ever learn BEFORE it’s too late?
In November 2015, I wrote a piece about four million people escaping Syria into Europe, relating it to Japan’s historical era of warring factions. Recently, I saw a Frontline documentary called, “Children of Syria,” which originally aired on April 19, 2016. … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – “The Big Short” by Michael Lewis
Every month, whenever possible, David and I attend as many as seven recurring networking events, organized by various local Real Estate Investment Associations (REIAs). Especially after my retirement savings tanked between 1999 and 2000, I have become averse to sending … Continue reading
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Investing Outside of Wall Street – Mobile office
My husband’s passion is traveling. Mine is investing. Actually, to be more precise, investing became my passion AFTER the first wave of market crashes which, in recent decades, started around 1999 and 2000. From the very beginning, accommodating both of … Continue reading
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Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kitty Hawk, NC
Last month, March 2016, Jesse and Kathy, our son and daughter-in-law, invited anyone in the family who could join them for a vacation at a beach-front property they rented for a week in Duck, North Carolina. First, the interior of … Continue reading
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Power outage
Sometimes, what happens in life throws you completely off guard. Last month, on the 20th, after a couple of days of very strong and unrelenting winds, a tree fell down on a power line in our neighborhood at 11:05 a.m. … Continue reading
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