I really hate losing. Yeah, I know — nobody likes it but failure just sticks with me. I dwell. I wonder what went wrong and perseverate over what I could have done differently. Maybe I’m spoiled in a sense. Almost every job I’ve ever really wanted, I was hired for and stayed there as long […]

It is our habit to look for a bargain. Everyone likes to make a deal, feel like they’re getting more for their money, myself included. So, when a friend of mine recently recommended a fantastic shoe shopping experience that could result in a real deal, I was all in. Or so I thought. Having recently […]

In 1542, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto died while searching for gold along the Mississippi River. In 1868, Ulysses S. Grant was nominated for president by the Republican national convention in Chicago. In 1881, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. In 1917, the Great Atlanta Fire broke out, burning 300 acres, destroying nearly 2,000 […]

A taxing issue The personal exemption for federal tax calculations was eliminated and now is gone for next year’s Maine state tax filing. The state of Maine along with 35 other state use this exemption in their state income tax adjustment. The elimination, if not corrected by Maine state legislatures — will increase revenues by […]