Archive for July, 2011
The Teacher
Sunday, July 24th, 2011Many years ago a contingent of her former pupils visited a retired teacher. Then in her late eighties, the teacher had spent over 40 years teaching in one-room rural schoolhouses in Northern Michigan during the early part of the twentieth century. As the only teacher – in fact the only adult – in the building, [...]
Timber
Thursday, July 14th, 2011Vacant land is never vacant. The “vacant” term is used to indicate there are no buildings on it, or, in some cases, to indicate there are no man-made improvements. However, nature has a way of providing its own improvements. In much of the U.S. and Canada, where I invest in vacant land, the natural state [...]