We’re all in this together

Nov 25, 2021

I’m picking up on the theme I ended with last week.   The hamlet of Arnold lies in the southeast corner of Abbotsford, on Sumas Prairie. It contains perhaps 50 small acreages (or large lots), has a community church, and not much else.   The water was already...

An Apocalypse?

Nov 18, 2021

Heat dome! Bomb cyclone! Tornado! Atmospheric river! Apocalypse!   Oops, I guess I got a little carried away with the last one. . .   But, given what’s going on with our weather, piled on top of the pandemic we’ve endured for eighteen months, one can get...

What’s up with this crazy housing market?

Nov 10, 2021

That question is occupying a lot of brain capacity these days and leading to considerable angst among homeowners, would-be homeowners, politicians, and anyone concerned with where our society is headed. The Fraser Valley Real Estate board’s monthly stats that came my...

Trading time for money?

Nov 3, 2021

Robert Kiyosaki is the most popular personal finance guru of our time, his book Rich Dad, Poor Dad, the #1 all-time best-selling book on the topic. I’m indebted to him, myself, for much of my financial education. But he’s controversial. In part, that’s because he...