Micro Lending – a good idea, please help

Using money that has been paid back to me from loans I have made on Kiva, I was able to re-loan that money and help fund another entrepreneur. If you have thought about micro lending or if you know nothing about micro lending you might check out Kiva.org. If you decide that you can help in this effort of small loans to individual and group entrepreneurs please consider joining Myosho-ji’s team. With Gassho, Rev. Ryusho…

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Baking on a cold winter day

Baking this afternoon.  After working half a day because of a large job that came in to the shop I have been going non stop this afternoon.  The pup and I went for a long walk first then I came home and did a load of laundry.   A batch of yogurt was the first item on my list of things to make.  Then I made a loaf of banana-raisin bread which is finished baking.  Next…

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Medical Insurance

Today I was notified that the company provided health plan made a mistake in billing for my account for the past year and I now have to ‘make up’ the difference.  Grrrrr……. I guess I wouldn’t mind as much if it weren’t for the fact that the deductable is so darn high that when I had surgery in July of last year virtually none of it was covered, yet I had to pay insurance.  On…

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Number Six

Yesterday Patrick McGoohan passed away.  I can’t say I was a big fan of Mr. McGoohan, but I was captivated by the character he played in the series “The Prisoner”, Number Six. I can’t say specifically why that show caused such a lasting memory, but it did.  Perhaps because when I was growing up in the 60’s it was the only TV show that I really enjoyed watching.  For many of my years growing up…

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