Something told me yesterday to transfer the bulk of my retirement accounts to a Money Market Fund, and so I did.
As of this hour, the Dow is down 78 points.
Break in the Weather
Miraculously, this morning, we were delivered from a stultifying week of record-breaking heat and humidity.
Right now, it’s about 70 degrees, with overcast skies.
Questions
Writer Stirling Newberry is of the opinion that the high price of oil has less of an impact on the US economy now than it did in 1980 for several reasons, among them the waning influence of manufacturing on total petroleum demand.
So, How Will You Spend Your Money This Weekend?
The beneficent Mass. legislature has declared this weekend the second-in-history sales-tax-free holiday, for purchases under $2,500.
Falling Stars
This morning, I was up early enough (3:30) to see 4 or 5 meteors from the annual Perseids Meteor Shower, products of comet Swift-Tuttle.
Gardener’s Diary
I bought four pots of Proven Winners “Flying Colors” Diascia hybrid to replace the pansies in the window boxes at #11.
Peter decided they’d be better off here, though, so I’m integrating them into my flower boxes on the porch.
One Person Can Make a Difference (Unfortunately)
Couple of entries this week into the “Pigs is Pigs” sweepstakes: Alaska Representative Don Young and judge Chancellor William B. Chandler III of Delaware’s Chancery Court.
Mothers, Daughters and Jealousy
There was one of those “quick-fix your psyche” shows on PBS last night, and I watched it because it was about mother/daughter relationships, something that has been a personal issue literally my whole life.
Price of Homeownership
The Barnstable County Register of Deeds reports that for Mashpee, average individual property sale values rose 15.7% from July 2004.
The average sale price for property under $1mm in Mashpee was $406,810 in July 2005.
Across the Cape, the average sale price was $393,473, a 9.2% increase from last July.
Changes
It’s too early to know where it’ll end up, but among the year-rounders here, change seems to be an ongoing fact.