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May 28, 2005
Volume 3, Number 10
ISSN 1554-6330
In this issue:
1. Top Drawer Reminder |
2. Carpenter Country Essay |
3. Top Drawer Article |
4. Top Drawer Tips |
5. Top Drawer Book Review |
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***TOP DRAWER REMINDER***
Remember our fallen veterans! Celebrate Memorial Day by observing the National Moment of Remembrance at 3 p.m. on Monday, May 30. [Broken Link Removed]
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CARPENTER COUNTRY
What's Happening in Our Neck of the Human ExperienceOnce upon a time the residents of Carpenter Country lived in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. When that snowy western state was abandoned for the sunny south, a roll of undeveloped film made the journey in the glove compartment of the car.
The film included snapshots of our home, as well as elk, moose, deer, lakes, rivers, creeks, the beautiful Teton mountains, kids proudly displaying rainbow trout, snow banks too high to climb and wildflowers too numerous to count.
Our arrival in Carpenter Country was chaotic and the film lay forgotten in the heat of the car’s glove compartment for six months. When someone thought to retrieve it, there were no pictures left to develop.
For 35 years the absence of photos from a place we’d once lived evoked feelings of discord. Somehow the journey of our lives felt incomplete without those pictures pasted in a photo album.
Then a few months ago we decided to take a trip west – and one of the stops along the way would include Jackson Hole.
Cameras at the ready, we set off.
We arrived to find the Jackson Hole we’d captured on the original roll of film much changed. Like many other places in America, the small town had experienced a growth spurt.
But a few things remained the same. Our street was still there. And our split-level, though crowded by a Best Western, looked only slightly different due to the addition of a garage.
So we took snaps as fast as the shutter would blink. And this time we remembered to have them developed when we got home.
At last harmony has been restored. The long-ago lost photos couldn’t be regained, of course. But new ones of the old homestead, as well as the Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam and Salt Lake City, have been added to the albums.
Even better, in the process of recapturing the memories of yesterday, we had the pleasure of creating tomorrow’s.
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TOP DRAWER ARTICLE
Home Prices
byHL Carpenter
Housing seems to be booming across the U.S. Even Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has commented on the increase in prices. And consider this information:
This information should not be considered legal, investment or tax advice. Top Drawer
Ink Corp. does not provide legal, investment or tax advice. Always
consult your legal, investment and/or tax advisor regarding your
personal situation. |
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TOP DRAWER TIPS
Topics and Tidbits
Looking
for information on housing? Try the Federal Consumer Information Center
(click on 'housing' in the left column). http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/.
The U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development offers information for homebuyers
and sellers. http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD.
Here's a
searchable database of homes for sale in your area. http://www.realtor.com/.
Weather
might also be something to consider when buying a home, especially in
a hurricane-prone region. http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/.
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TOP DRAWER BOOK REVIEW
byHL Carpenter
Go It Alone
by Bruce Judson
ISBN 0-06-073113-3
229 pages; hardcover; $23.95
HarperCollins, New York, 2004
What if you want to start your own business, but your goal is to keep
the operation small while still earning a decent living? Is it possible?
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HL Carpenter, an experienced investor and a CPA, specializes in reader friendly financial and tax topics for individuals and small businesses, and publishes Top Drawer Ink, a newsletter that's chock full of humor and common sense information.
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