by Jonathan | Jul 28, 2025 | Credit, Debt, Loans, Investing
Growing up, the two-dollar bill was an exciting oddity to me. I seldom saw them, so I believed them to be rare collectibles. I still have several today that I kept from birthday cards decades ago. It wasn’t until I had a bank account of my own that I learned you could...
by Jonathan | May 8, 2025 | Budgeting, Insurance, Investing, Saving
“Daddy,” my eight-year-old suddenly piped up from the back seat of my car, “did cars have seat belts when you were little?” I had to laugh. Some of the most random conversations I have with my kids come in the broken silence of a car ride. “Of course they did,”...
by Jonathan | Jul 19, 2023 | Investing, Saving, Uncategorized
There’s a particular house in my neighborhood that always catches my eye. I’ve jogged past it for 12 years but it still makes me smile. Rather than employ mulch or landscaping pebbles, the owners opted to literally encase their flower beds in concrete: creating a...
by Jonathan | May 10, 2023 | Investing
Most of us can probably remember our first significant watch purchase. Mine was almost 20 years ago, but the memory hasn’t faded. I was fresh out of watchmaking school working for a small, family-owned jewelry store. The watch was a Rolex Turn-O-Graph. It...
by Jonathan | Mar 13, 2023 | Investing, The Market
As a Lancaster, PA native, there’s not much that says “Lancaster County” more than an Amish patchwork quilt. Okay, maybe Shoofly Pie. Still, walk into any tourist trap boasting “genuine Lancaster County crafts” and you’re bound to see at least one quilt hanging on the...
by Jonathan | Feb 2, 2023 | Behavioral Finance, Investing
For almost 150 years, Pennsylvanians have gathered at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney to find out whether we’ll suffer through six more weeks of winter. The rodent meteorologist they wait to hear from is none other than Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney...
