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These are places to visit during your trip to central Kentucky. Lexington Hampton Court neighborhood Ashland Estate – home of Henry Clay, has tours Old Fayette County Court House First Presbyterian Church Address: 171 Market St, Lexington, KY 40507 Gratz Park – historic neighborhood Address: Gratz Park, Lexington, KY 40507 Blue Stallion Brewery Address: 610 W 3rd […]
This resonated with Steve. It is from Paul Prather in the Lexington Herald-Leader 1/2/2022: “My Granny Prather, who was never a happy-go-lucky person, said balefully more than once during her senior years, “There’s a lot of things worse than dying young.” Later, when my father was in his 70s, he said to me, “Son, I […]
Supreme Court justice Brandeis was born in Louisville and had tremendous intellect and character. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Brandeis : Justice William O. Douglas later wrote, “Brandeis was a militant crusader for social justice whoever his opponent might be. He was dangerous not only because of his brilliance, his arithmetic, his courage. He was dangerous because he was […]
Steve took a class from the Charter for Compassion called Our Shared Humanity in January 2021. The class author and teacher is Gudjon Bergmann, and there were about 20 people in the class. The course asked regular questions to which we responded. We could comment on each others’ thoughts. I think that this class has […]
Steve took a discovery flight from Nexgen aviation on 2/2/2021. Weather was 27 degrees, clear with winds 12 to 20 knots, which is the maximum allowed for training flights. The plane was a Diamond DA40, 4 seat light training plane with Lycoming motor. Michael the flight instructor let me fly the plane over Lexington for […]
The Passive Portfolio is meant to give good long-term returns with low effort. I wrote Steve’s Stock Trading Method that is geared for making short-term gains in stocks through value investing. It is labor-intensive and gives no consideration to asset allocation. Slow and steady wins the race Dollar-cost averaging is a technique investors use to […]
One of my favorite country songs from 2007 – a funny story Lyrics:I work down at the Pizza PitAnd I drive an old HyundaiI still live with my mom and dadI’m 5’3 and overweight I’m a sci-fi fanaticMild asthmaticNever been to 2nd baseBut there’s a whole another meThat you need to seeGo check out MySpace […]
This is a method of value investing. It isn’t day trading, where one seeks to make a profit on price movements in a single day. Studies show that less than 10% of day traders are successful. I’m comfortable holding shares as long as they represent a solid investment. Overview Make these investments with pods of […]
I heard this song on Lexington’s Hank 96.1, which broadcasts close to my house. Hearing the phrase “honky tonk dream” sounded close to “a COVID vaccine” so I thought of a new verse and refrain for the song. As of December 2020, restaurants and bars are closed in Kentucky.
Based on familysearch.org records and Steve Zwart’s tree.