The beneficent Mass. legislature has declared this weekend the second-in-history sales-tax-free holiday, for purchases under $2,500.
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Falling Stars
This morning, I was up early enough (3:30) to see 4 or 5 meteors from the annual Perseids Meteor Shower, products of comet Swift-Tuttle.
Gardener’s Diary
I bought four pots of Proven Winners “Flying Colors” Diascia hybrid to replace the pansies in the window boxes at #11.
Peter decided they’d be better off here, though, so I’m integrating them into my flower boxes on the porch.
One Person Can Make a Difference (Unfortunately)
Couple of entries this week into the “Pigs is Pigs” sweepstakes: Alaska Representative Don Young and judge Chancellor William B. Chandler III of Delaware’s Chancery Court.
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Mothers, Daughters and Jealousy
There was one of those “quick-fix your psyche” shows on PBS last night, and I watched it because it was about mother/daughter relationships, something that has been a personal issue literally my whole life.
Price of Homeownership
The Barnstable County Register of Deeds reports that for Mashpee, average individual property sale values rose 15.7% from July 2004.
The average sale price for property under $1mm in Mashpee was $406,810 in July 2005.
Across the Cape, the average sale price was $393,473, a 9.2% increase from last July.
Changes
It’s too early to know where it’ll end up, but among the year-rounders here, change seems to be an ongoing fact.
More Woes for Mass.
As if the combination of a declining population, an anti-medical research Governor, a horde of screwball judges, and a Legislature dominated by DUI-loving defense lawyers wasn’t enough of a curse:
CNN.com reports that the Boston-Quincy, MA housing market has the highest probability in the US (over 55%) for a decline in prices over the next 2 years.
Everyone Deserves to Have One of These
What a great product…..
Mashpee Night at the Pops
As mentioned in a prior entry, this is THE big summer event for this town, and over 10,000 people turned out for it last night.