by Aurelia E Weems, CPA | Dec 22, 2015 | Blog
I’ve finally discovered the real secret of these holidays. It is the one common thread through every faith this time of year, and it is one of the most unifying factors in our Western culture. Shopping. I say that with a good helping of eye-rolling....
by Aurelia E Weems, CPA | Dec 15, 2015 | Blog
Well, communication and requests are now coming across my desk in a way that we haven’t seen for a few months, but I’ve come to expect it for this time of the year. We are in our intense “preparatory” stage for tax season AND so are our...
by Aurelia E Weems, CPA | Dec 7, 2015 | Blog
As is my habit, this email is being composed on Monday … and today happens to be good ol’ Cyber Monday. I say “good ol” because, well, the days are long gone when the actual rationale behind it was true: remember — everyone had dial-up at...
by Aurelia E Weems, CPA | Dec 2, 2015 | Blog
You know how Thanksgiving as a federal holiday got its start, don’t you? I’m not talking pilgrims here … but more about why we all have a few days off this week. Smack in the middle of horrendous civil war, President Lincoln proclaimed the last...
by Aurelia E Weems, CPA | Nov 25, 2015 | Blog
I think there are two components to our shared reaction about the events in Paris on Friday. On one hand, we have the grief… Seeing those gruesome images, imagining the regular families whose lives have been forever upended … it’s all so immeasurably...
by Aurelia E Weems, CPA | Nov 18, 2015 | Blog
So, last week I wrote you about your holiday spending, and making sure that you don’t find yourself caught up in all the merchandising and hooha — specifically of the retail variety. (Let’s ALL get caught up in the transcendent beauty of the season,...