When I started the Surviving the Lien Years series, I anticipated posting each installment every week day until I was finished with the series. I have even written each installment. I have not formatted and proofed them. What I did not know or anticipate when I started the series was how incredibly huge the Tea [...]

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Today I noticed this group of cherry trees which had showered the surrounding ground with a blanket of pink petals.

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Rebuilding after Financial Crisis and Bankruptcy in a Recession (Part 5) This is an ongoing post in the series Surviving the Lien Years – Rebuilding after Financial Crisis and Bankruptcy in a Recession.  Risking it All is part five in the series. In January of 1999, Lee began working on his business plan in earnest [...]

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Within a month of moving in, Lee began working on a business plan with 2 other men. Then my grandmother’s breast cancer returned. While Lee continued to work on the business plans, they were slowed somewhat by my grandmother’s illness. The only time

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1996 was an exciting time to be a native Atlantan and it was an exciting time for Lee and me as a couple. Lee was no longer traveling on the weekends. We had the opportunity to get involved in the local

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