At long last, three years in the making, my book is finally published and available: The Simple Path to Wealth Whew! I can’t tell you how thrilled (and relieved!) I am. Thanks to all of you who offered support and encouragement along the way. It made all the difference. **BTW, because there is a very… [Continue Reading]
Archives for 2016
A Peek into The Simple Path to Wealth
Word is, it is customary to provide a preview of an upcoming book. A sample chapter or two. I like the idea but, of course, with a twist. One thing I’ve learned over the past five years I’ve been writing this blog, is what an impressive and talented group you readers are. Seems every… [Continue Reading]
It’s better in the wind. Still.
A couple three years or so back I put up this post, most of which is repeated below. I figure it needs repeating. Maybe not for you, but for me. It is a beautiful spring day here in New Hampshire, Sunday in fact, and if all were right with the world I’d be out on… [Continue Reading]
Cool things to check out while I’m gone
Jake the Wonder Dog At his Maine vacation home visiting Venice, Amy and Bill Please note: Due to travels I will be away from the blog and unable to respond to comments/questions until after May 22. Meanwhile, here’s a collection of random cool stuff I’ve been collecting for you to enjoy. Including these two recent… [Continue Reading]
Stocks — Part XXIX: How to save money for college. Or not.
Ever since I published this post — Why I don’t like Investment Advisors — people have somehow gotten it into their heads that I don’t like investment advisors. Go figure. And ever since he first interviewed me on his podcast, Radical Personal Finance, my financial planner pal Joshua takes me to task for this. He assures me, with great… [Continue Reading]
Help Wanted: The Book
A few weeks ago I finally finished the manuscript for my upcoming book: The Simple Path to Wealth. Whew! While that’s great news (at least to me), the challenge now is to take it from manuscript to publication, which I plan to do with Amazon. These next steps are going to require professional help. Since I’ve… [Continue Reading]
F-You Money: John Goodman v. jlcollinsnh
One of these is NOT John Goodman Why you need F-You Money was the fourth post I ever wrote and remains one of the most popular on the blog still today, coming in at #6. This concept of F-You Money is in many ways one of the cornerstones of the blog and much of what we… [Continue Reading]
Q&A – V: The Women of Amphissa
The Women of Amphissa An original painting by Alex Ferrar Welcome to the fifth post in the Q&A Series where we take a look at some of the more interesting and entertaining questions and answers found in the post comments around here. As with the first four, it is named after the featured painting above. In this… [Continue Reading]
jlcollinsnh gets a new suit
Welcome to our still classic new look! Just about three years ago jlcollinsnh.com underwent its first redesign and the sweeping changes you have become used to were ushered in. There were lots of reasons for this but the tipping point was when Sean over at Renewable Wealth, in the nicest possible way, said “…your current design… [Continue Reading]
Chautauqua 2015 Reviews, 2016 registration open
Mi lindo Ecuador This is getting to be hard. 2016 is the fourth year we’ve been doing this and will see us present the fifth and sixth Chautauquas come November. I’ve written several posts now talking about how wonderful these things are. And, really, how many ways can I say it? Below I’ll run thru… [Continue Reading]
