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Gratitude 2017-03-06

Posted on 2017-03-06
by Philip Brewer

Can’t be upset about a gloomy day when our first daffodil of the year is in bloom.

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Philip Brewer

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I write science fiction and fantasy stories.

I speak Esperanto, and use it to communicate internationally. Esperantistoj, legu mian esperantan hejmpaĝon.

For a while I taught Taiji.

For eleven years I was a senior writer at Wise Bread, writing about personal finance and frugality.

Before that I spent a quarter-century as a software engineer.

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We know what happens when the Fed “looks through” one-off price hikes : philipbrewer.micro.blog

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My happenstantial daily routine Sunrise through thin clouds viewed across Dohme Park : philipbrewer.micro.blog

2025-04-04 7:39 pm
Some financial commentators are suggesting that the hit to the economy from the new tariffs will push the Fed to lower interest rates, but I don’t see it. The tariffs will push up prices, so the Fed will feel it needs to stick with higher rates for longer.The result will be exactly as I forecast months a... philipbrewer.micro.blog
2025-04-03 7:28 am

Back to sword fighting! A sword bag on the floor holding two rapiers and two longswords : philipbrewer.micro.blog

2025-03-31 12:08 pm

“total abortion bans come at the cost of more than 36,000 residents per quarter.”

Source: Are People Fleeing States with Abortion Bans? | NBER (Link to page that links to the pdf of the study.)

Graph showing migration out of states that ban abortion begins rising dramatically shortly before Dobbs decision and continues to rise

Via Emily Peck, via Slate Money.

2025-03-29 9:19 am

It’s warm enough that Ashley’s place in the sun is almost entirely in the shade.

2025-03-28 12:08 pm

Daffodils and squills! The squills were my idea, but Jackie did most of the work in our little flower garden, except that the lilies, which won’t bloom for another couple of months, were left by the previous member.

Some daffodils and squills in a small flower garden by a door and window
2025-03-28 9:16 am

“… food delivery giant DoorDash announced a deal Thursday with buy-now, pay-later outfit Klarna, offering hungry consumers “the added convenience of Klarna’s seamlessly integrated, flexible payment options while shopping.”

Source: Almost Daily Grant’s Commentary

Of course. Who doesn’t think it’s a good idea to spread the cost of your lunch over a few weeks or months?

2025-03-21 10:46 am

Outside a Chinese restaurant near the Big Y, a big ol’ flock of (I think) Black Vultures. (Not Turkey Vultures, which are the only kind I can recognize.)

2025-03-21 7:59 am

The first crocus, the first squill, and the soon-to-be first dafodills.

Yellow crocus in our flower gardenBlue squill in our flower gardenBuds for some soon-to-be daffodil blooms
2025-03-14 5:41 pm

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