I’ve been pricing the cost of improvements to the land in Kentucky. As part of that, I needed to understand the tax implications of anything I might do, so I called the assessor’s office. The clerk...

Audio: Stumbling Over Family History Doing the research to confirm the birth order and given names of Olga’s four daughters, I stumbled across a fact I didn’t know: My cousin Tiege is dead. It...

Audio: Making Up For Lost Time With Money I’m guessing the four daughters were all happy to receive an inheritance of what I’ve estimated to be $800,000. One of them viewed it as a godsend. This...

Audio: Four Sisters and Their Mother’s Money My great-grandfather’s wife, Emilie, gave her husband Emil Folda two children before she died of pneumonia at age twenty-eight. At the time of her death,...

Audio: The Other Side of Envy There is a woman in my condo building that has brought out my green-eyed monster. I’m not jealous of her. I envy her condo. The condo building has two towers, and she...

Audio: Traversing Unexpected Ice This morning I walked downtown to notarize a power of attorney form, one more step in the ongoing transfer of responsibility from Mom to me. Most of the snow from...