Acceptance of award by Lyle Clapper at annual dinner and awards banquet. This is a great honor from you who are creators of real wealth. Contrary to conventional wisdom, wealth is not money. Wealth is goods and services. Money is just a convenient scorekeeping medium for exchanging those valuable goods and services. Wealth can be
The year was 2002 and we found the home of our dreams. The house sat on a half acre, directly across the street from the country club. The rooms were not numerous, but they were large and wonderful. The master suite included a complete kitchen, his and hers bathrooms, and walk-in closets – in hers,
Actually, we never called him that. He was always Grandpa Clapper. Just as my other grandfather was always Grandpa Nielsen. Grandpa Clapper was a genius. Not just smart – a full blown genius. And if the stories about him are true, he was more than just a bit wacky. Like on his way to get
On April 1, 2016 I posted the following: It’s been nearly a year since I last posted anything . . . please forgive the lapse. While getting back on track I found this piece written last June. Although her thirty-first birthday is right around the corner, I’d like to go back to her thirtieth for
Originally posted March 11, 2015 Dear Larry, All I sought in San Diego was warm weather and sunshine. The week with you and Gretchen brought all that but I hadn’t expected the sun to open my eyes to a brilliant discovery. It happened somewhere between Mainly Mozart and Rotary International. For more than seven decades,
