by Sara Baker | Jan 11, 2024 | Articles
The first day back to work in January, I thought my wife had shrunk my dry-clean-only pants in the dryer. She hadn’t; I guess I had too many peanut butter balls between Christmas and New Year’s Day. The headlines say inflation is dropping, but most...
by Sara Baker | Jan 4, 2024 | Articles
Be alert and active. Our daughter drove to Dallas this week along with five other cars for a young adult conference. One of the other girl’s cars was in a minor accident, and another girl got a ticket for speeding in a small town in Oklahoma. She asked our...
by Sara Baker | Dec 28, 2023 | Articles
Don’t get on the unicycle. My friend is a comedic magician in Branson. One of his gigs is to get people to attempt to ride a unicycle while he steals their watch and shows it to the crowd behind their heads. It only works because he gets people distracted by...
by Sara Baker | Dec 14, 2023 | Articles
I reached out to shake her hand, and to my shock, the older lady kissed me hard on the lips. It was years ago in Belarus after giving a speech and using the example of harvesting potatoes with my grandpa as a boy. I was so shocked that I thought I would die....
by Sara Baker | Dec 7, 2023 | Articles
One of my friends messaged me last week and said, “Can I please have several more Novembers?” Yes, the markets in November were that good. Both stocks and bonds had solid gains in November. The Russell 2000 Small Cap Index has gained over 11% since the end...
