Good Stock Book and Blog

Rule #1 by Phil Town is one of the better books i've read about picking and buying stocks. He uses fundamental analysis and teaches you how to find ROIC, Equity, Sales, EPS, and Free Cash on the internet. These should all be growing 10% or more per year. He talks about figuring out the 'sticker price' and paying only 1/2 that price when you buy a stock. Chapter 13 shows a summary of all these steps. There is also a very good chapter on studying charts using MACD, Stochastics, and Moving Averages for buy and sell signals. Maybe it is possible to retire with less money if you could get a 15% return per year. His blog has lots of links, and his
webpage has some good web broadcasts.

PS If anyone has some good #1 stocks to check out let me know.

Planting potatoes

Our new puppy is not very helpful in the garden. She broke my string line in two before i was able to use it to get the potatoes straight.















She loves to sit in this chair to watch what is going on in the yard, or to sleep.

Rhubarb ready to eat

These photos were taken at 9:28pm. In less than a month from the time we shoveled off the snow, the rhubarb is ready to eat. It will grow to about 2-3 feet in another month. This year we will have to freeze more because we ran out in the middle of winter. Made too many rhubarb cakes at work. Here is a great Rhubarb Sauce for pancakes:











1 or 2 cups of rhubarb
1/2 cup strawberries
1/2 cup raspberries
1/2 cup blueberries
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Boil it all together and mash it
Add about 1/2 cup of brown sugar
Tastes great on crepes, waffles, or pancakes.

Spruce hen and rooster

There was a Spruce Hen rooster (i guess he's called a rooster) in the yard. In the top photo you can see the hen on the end of the log along with the rooster. I have seen lots of hens and not too many roosters over the years. He waves his tail around, moves it sideways, and flicks it open and closed like a fancy Japanese fan.

Chocolate Lab

Here is our cute new puppy. We took lots of photos to remember how small she once was. If you think of a good name let us know.

More Rhubarb

Here is the rhubarb about 11 days later. Notice there is snow still around the edge of the plant. The baby leaf is opening nicely.

Lois' sister Donna

We had some fine pictures of Lois and her sister Donna in the 2002 rolls of film. Also a good family photo. The one sad thing about living in Alaska is that it is so hard to visit relatives in the lower 48.

Lois Ann, Aunt Margaret, and Tim

Been spring cleaning recently and discovered 5 rolls of antique film from 2002. We sure like the convenience of digital photography.