It’s Fall Y’all
October is my favorite time to live in Virginia…I know we take our knocks when it comes to the weather, but October is the payoff for the crazy weather we have all year long.. I do love the shades
Reader Mailbag
Every time we send out the weekly blog email, we invite our readers to send ideas for future posts our way. Every now and then, a reader takes us up on that! 😊 Here’s one question that we’ve been meaning
Splitsville
With Apple and Tesla completing their stock splits last Friday, we’ve been talking to lots of investors that have become interested in their stock…which sort of baffles us, as the basic principle of a split doesn’t alter the fundamental value
Adulting, deferred
When the world stopped in March with the arrival of COVID-19, we got a small reprieve from the endless string of ‘grown-up’ appointments…no routine doctor visits, hair cuts, teeth cleanings, vet visits, etc. It sort of felt like playing hooky
The Rest of the Story
My dad engrained many things in me from a young age…value of hard work, honesty, family values, etc. But also his love of the Three Stooges, the Marx Brothers movies, Johnny Cash, the Beatles, Neil Diamond, Looney Tunes, Ray Stevens,
Perspectives
We just returned home from an epic road trip across Montana—we started in Glacier National Park in the north and worked our way to Yellowstone in the south. The trip was a feast for the eyes—and many times, it was
Topsy Turvy
Today, the Meridian team is attending a virtual JP Morgan Investment Forum. We usually head to Tysons to a nice hotel conference center and hear from the top economists at JP Morgan in person…but this year, we are all sitting
For Better or Worse
With the beautiful weather this past weekend, Jonathan and I tackled our first major project in a very long time. We built a raised bed garden with deer netting and a hinged door—here is the finished product: We usually don’t
Reflections
It has been a challenging couple of months, and I was thinking through how wild it has been (January seems like forever ago!). Here is just a collection of things we’ve seen personally and professionally (they sort of all blend
Who C.A.R.E.S.?
We wrote a couple of weeks ago about the CARES act in another pun-titled post called “Care for a summary?” It contained a great summary of the bill and what is contained within. For obvious reasons, much of the focus