Savvy Saving Bytes

Autumn colors weren’t supposed to be so hot in the Northeast this year.  Too much rain, people said. Ha! So much for predicting the ways of Mother Nature who came through with a blaze of autumn colors that kept cameras clicking like mad all over Central Park for weeks. (Is there anybody in NYC that [...]

Oh boy! Over a week before Halloween and ALREADY the shelves in the 99-Cent store are stuffed with Christmas glitz. Stores roll out their Christmas goodies earlier every year, but this — with Thanksgiving more than a month away — is Crazyville. Or so I think till a little research informs me that 40% of [...]

Can you picture the Wicked Witch of the West living in extravagantly expensive New York or San Francisco? No way. Smart in the ways of low cost real estate, that green faced, frugal master cast her evil spells in a castle far beyond the most distant boondocks, where land and tax costs have always been [...]

Do I believe in that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Only if we’re talking about Brigadoon. Still, it’s a pretty thought. Here are some other thoughts about gold, work, working and what many do best — thinking about working: “Sometimes it’s important to work for that pot of gold. But other [...]

Like the president and shrinks everywhere and these Grand Central travelers, I’m taking a summer breather for the remainder of August. I won’t be posting on money matters, but will be stopping by to put up a photo or two. Will of course still be around on Twitter. So stop by and say hello to [...]

Thomas Jefferson could have been talking about activists in the Middle East and their recent revolts against corrupt, repressive regimes when he said, “The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” America’s own tree of Liberty has been flourishing since 1776 when our forefathers signed [...]