I recently received a nice email from a visitor who read some of my blog posts and postings in my e-store regarding my thoughts about operating a very small business. He thanked me for opening his eyes about retail sales, especially marketing on the Internet. I am retired now from my real income source. In my last position I worked for a very large international corporation for over 17 years. During that period, I created...
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Love What You Do
The KautzCraft Studio (KC) is now my main retirement vocation. I wonder if that means I am not retired. Well, I feel retired so I will keep the designation. KC doesn’t provide me anywhere near a real income, but it does stop me from robbing banks. Banks, because that is where the money is kept… Ha! I think Willie Sutton is reputed to have said that. I’d much rather be working with silver than in...
Continue reading...Not For Drones Only
I just registered with the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) as a hobbyist operator of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). That means I can legally fly radio controlled “drones” and any radio controlled model aircraft that weight between .55 and 55 pounds. It doesn’t indicate or mean that I am trained or qualified to do so. There are a few safety “rules” I pledge to abide by, and I must place my registration number on my aircraft....
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I am a week into my new years’ resolution of examining my new retirement and making a more detailed plan (if necessary) on how to spend my time. Much of it is determined by my state of health with my peripheral neuropathy limitations. Doing what is within my physical abilities. I definitely want to be selling things I make as a part of my ongoing small business venture. I call it my art, but it...
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