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 RILEY CHILD RHYMES BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY GROSSET DUNLAP 1905 POETRY $9.99 Time Remaining: 29d 22h 19m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
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 Riley Child Rhymes by James Whitcomb Riley Hoosier Pictures by Vawter 1920 Book $9.99 Time Remaining: 1h 40m Buy It Now for only: $11.99 |
 VINTAGE NEGHBORLY POEMS by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 1891 $7.99 Time Remaining: 3d 6h 45m Buy It Now for only: $7.99 |
 RARE JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY DAYS GONE BY OTHER POEMS1895 $44.99 Time Remaining: 5d 12h 22m Buy It Now for only: $44.99 |
 The Youth of James Whitcomb Riley Marcus Dickey 1919 $9.95 Time Remaining: 6h 55m Buy It Now for only: $12.00 |
 Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley 7 Volume Set 1916 Memorial Edition $21.95 Time Remaining: 5d 3h 39m Buy It Now for only: $21.95 |
 Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley 10 vol Bobbs Merril Edition illustrated $55.00 Time Remaining: 7d 3h 47m Buy It Now for only: $55.00 |
 HOME AGAIN WITH ME James Whitcomb Riley 1908 $14.95 Time Remaining: 26d 1h 12m Buy It Now for only: $14.95 |
 RileyJames Whitcomb While The Heart Beats Young ILLUSTRATED by EBetts 1906 $22.50 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1d 5h 43m |
 RILEY FARM RHYMES by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poetry Poems $9.75 Time Remaining: 25d 11h 9m Buy It Now for only: $9.75 |
 A HOST of CHILDREN by James Whitcomb Riley $50.00 Time Remaining: 25d 1h 43m Buy It Now for only: $50.00 |
 Antique 1891 WIT AND HUMOR BOOK BILL NYE AND JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY ILLUSTRATED $7.77 Time Remaining: 6h 58m |
 1894 GREEN FIELDS AND RUNNING BROOKS JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Hoosier Poet $16.07 Time Remaining: 18d 9h 1m Buy It Now for only: $16.07 |
 James Whitcomb Riley Songs of Friendship Illus Grosset Dunlap Dust Jacket $14.99 Time Remaining: 11d 7h 30m Buy It Now for only: $14.99 |
 James Whitcomb Riley Farm Rhymes Illustrated Grosset Dunlap Dust Jacket $14.99 Time Remaining: 11d 7h 30m Buy It Now for only: $14.99 |
 Vintage Hardback An Old Sweetheart OF Mine By James Whitcomb Riley 1902 Edition $9.99 Time Remaining: 10h 30m |
 1907 The Boys of the Old Glee Club James Whitcomb Riley $10.50 Time Remaining: 18d 12m Buy It Now for only: $10.50 |
 VINTAGE AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 1902 $7.99 Time Remaining: 3d 6h 46m Buy It Now for only: $7.99 |
 Armazindy James Whitcomb Riley 1st ed 1894 $19.99 Time Remaining: 13h 20m Buy It Now for only: $39.99 |
 A DEFECTIVE SANTA CLAUS by James Whitcomb Riley 1904 $49.95 Time Remaining: 25d 2h 52m Buy It Now for only: $49.95 |
 RHYMES OF CHILDHOOD by James Whitcomb Riley 1895 $11.95 Time Remaining: 18d 37m Buy It Now for only: $11.95 |
 The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley 10 Vols Illustrated 1916 1421 Pgs $45.00 Time Remaining: 29d 8h 33m Buy It Now for only: $45.00 |
 Nye And Rileys Wit And Humor Poems And Yarns James Whitcomb Riley Bill Nye $6.99 Time Remaining: 13h 16m |
 The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley 10 Vol Set 1916 $195.00 Time Remaining: 28d 3h 58m Buy It Now for only: $195.00 |
 An Old Sweetheart of Mine James Whitcomb Riley Howard Christy Prints 1902 $12.95 Time Remaining: 24d 2h 36m Buy It Now for only: $12.95 |
 JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY SONGS O CHEER WITH PICTURES BY WILL VAWTER 1905 $19.95 Time Remaining: 10h 56m Buy It Now for only: $39.95 |
 The Book of Joyous Children James Whitcomb Riley 1st $65.00 Time Remaining: 1d 1h 26m Buy It Now for only: $65.00 |
 James Whitcomb Riley PIPES O PAN AT ZEKESBURY First Edition 1889 $45.00 Time Remaining: 24d 1h 32m Buy It Now for only: $45.00 |
 THE GIRL I LOVE JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY ILLUSTRATIONS HOWARD CHANDLERCHRIST 1910 $49.99 Time Remaining: 4d 5h 57m Buy It Now for only: $49.99 |
 Authors Readings Recitations from Their Own Works by James Whitcomb Riley Bil $15.00 Time Remaining: 1d 6h 51m |
 AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE by James Whitcomb Riley with H C Christy Illustrations $29.95 Time Remaining: 24d 3h 55m Buy It Now for only: $29.95 |
 RILEY LOVE LYRICS BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY PUBLISHED BY GROSSET DULAP 1905 $9.99 Time Remaining: 29d 47m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 1902 An Old Sweetheart of Mine by James Whitcomb Riley BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK RARE $8.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 10h 12m |
 Songs of Summer 1922 James Whitcomb Riley HBDJ $9.99 Time Remaining: 25d 21h 41m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 Antique 1909 OLD SCHOOL DAY ROMANCES James Whitcomb Riley E Stetson Crawfod $30.00 Time Remaining: 29d 12h 22m Buy It Now for only: $30.00 |
 VTG Book THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY $5.00 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 10h 14m |
 Neghborly Poems by James Whitcomb Riley 1897 Book $10.00 Time Remaining: 11d 7h 42m Buy It Now for only: $10.00 |
 James Whitcomb Riley Songs of Summer Illus Grosset Dunlap Dust Jacket $14.99 Time Remaining: 11d 7h 30m Buy It Now for only: $14.99 |
 POETRY OF JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 10 volumes leather RARE $1,975.00 Time Remaining: 28d 9h 22m Buy It Now for only: $1,975.00 |
 1895 Green Fields Running Brooks James Whitcomb Riley $4.99 Time Remaining: 8h 47m Buy It Now for only: $6.00 |
 RILEY CHILD VERSE By JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 1906 $35.00 Time Remaining: 20d 1h 16m Buy It Now for only: $35.00 |
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 RILEY SONGS OF CHEER JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY ILLUSTRATED WILL VAWTER 1924 $15.95 Time Remaining: 16d 9h 15m Buy It Now for only: $15.95 |
 James Whitcomb Riley Songs of Home Illustrated Grosset Dunlap Dust Jacket $14.99 Time Remaining: 11d 7h 30m Buy It Now for only: $14.99 |
 AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE by James Whitcomb Riley $19.99 Time Remaining: 11h 7m |
 JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY POEMS HERE AT HOME POETRY NATURE LITERATURE HOOSER 1893 $35.00 Time Remaining: 29d 4h 28m Buy It Now for only: $35.00 |
 The Book of Joyous Children HC 1902 1st James Whitcomb Riley $11.99 Time Remaining: 22d 10h 55m Buy It Now for only: $11.99 |
 JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY VERSES $19.99 Time Remaining: 1d 12h |
 LOVE LYRICS BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 1921 HARDCOVER WITH JACKET $49.99 Time Remaining: 1d 10h 43m Buy It Now for only: $49.99 |
 VINTAGE THE FLYING ISLANDS OF THE NIGHT by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 1895 $2.99 Time Remaining: 3d 6h 45m Buy It Now for only: $2.99 |
 His Pas Romance by James Whitcomb Riley Illustrated Will Vawter 1903 $8.00 Time Remaining: 12d 9h 31m Buy It Now for only: $8.00 |
 Riley Songs OCheer by James Whitcomb Riley 1905 $5.00 Time Remaining: 2d 11h 15m |
 1905 WIT AND HUMOR by James Whitcomb Riley Bill Nye Illustrated $19.95 Time Remaining: 5d 4h 8m Buy It Now for only: $19.95 |
 ARMAZINDY by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 1894 FIRST $10.00 Time Remaining: 28d 1h 39m Buy It Now for only: $10.00 |
 ARMAZINDY James Whitcomb Riley 1894 HC POETRY $5.99 Time Remaining: 4d 7h 58m |
 1902 AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE James WHitcomb Riley illustrated H Christy 1st ed $11.99 Time Remaining: 3d 7h 18m Buy It Now for only: $11.99 |
 THE FAVORITE POEMS OF JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY $7.99 Time Remaining: 5d 5h 45m Buy It Now for only: $7.99 |
 1916 COMPLETE WORKS OF JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY MEMORIAL EDITION Volume 1 $9.95 Time Remaining: 6d 4h 48m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 His Pas Romance James Whitcomb Riley hardcover 1903 $5.00 Time Remaining: 4d 7h 49m |
 Indiana Whitcomb Riley Howard Chandler Christy Old Love Poems book illustrated $8.00 Time Remaining: 3h 5m Buy It Now for only: $8.00 |
 JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY RUBAIYAT OF DOC SIFERS RELYEA ILLUS CENTURY 1ST ED 1897 $35.00 Time Remaining: 29d 4h 28m Buy It Now for only: $35.00 |
 antique books 1907 MORNING BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY FRIST EDITION $5.99 Time Remaining: 5d 7h 39m |
 James Whitcomb Riley SONGS OF HOME 1923 Will Lawter HB $10.00 Time Remaining: 18d 19h 33m Buy It Now for only: $10.00 |
 RHYMES OF CHILDHOOD James Whitcomb Riley 1900 $10.50 Time Remaining: 22d 4h 2m Buy It Now for only: $10.50 |
 The Works Of James Whitcomb Riley Vol IX HC 1898 poetry $3.00 Time Remaining: 3d 23h 8m |
 1894 1st Edition ARMAZINDY By JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY $8.99 Time Remaining: 17d 3h Buy It Now for only: $8.99 |
 FARM RHYMES by James Whitcomb Riley 1901 Illustrated $12.95 Time Remaining: 29d 5h 43m Buy It Now for only: $12.95 |
 Green Fields and Running Brooks James Whitcomb Riley 1892 Tight binding $3.99 Time Remaining: 23d 8h 54m Buy It Now for only: $3.99 |
 ANTIQUE BOOK 1910 RILEY SONGS OF HOME JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY LOOKS WONDERFUL $8.99 Time Remaining: 5d 7h 58m |
 Antique 1901 edition James Whitcomb Rileys Farm Rhymes with Country Pictures $15.00 Time Remaining: 14d 1h 32m Buy It Now for only: $15.00 |
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 A Hoosier Romance 1910 James Whitcomb Riley Lovely Illustrations $3.00 Time Remaining: 3d 17h 37m |
 James Whitcomb Riley NEIGHBORLY POEMS AND DIALECT SKETCHES HC Poetry 1897 $12.95 Time Remaining: 3d 10h 39m Buy It Now for only: $12.95 |
 Morning HB James Whitcomb Riley GD Oct 1907 GD $24.99 Time Remaining: 23d 3h Buy It Now for only: $24.99 |
 Old Fashioned Roses by James Whitcomb Riley 1906 $13.00 Time Remaining: 17d 8h 13m Buy It Now for only: $13.00 |
 SWEET Antique Ornate An Old Sweetheart of Mine James Whitcomb Riley 1902 $20.00 Time Remaining: 4d 9h 46m |
 AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE By JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 1902 $344.99 Time Remaining: 27d 7h 51m Buy It Now for only: $344.99 |
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 The RAGGEDY MAN James Whitcomb Riley E F BETTS 1907 1st A RARE FINE Copy $118.47 Time Remaining: 5d 5h 28m |
 James Whitcomb RILEY LOVE LYRICS with Life Pictures by William Dyer 1899 $9.99 Time Remaining: 8d 12h 7m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
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 rare antique 1895 neghborly poems james whitcomb riley $5.00 Time Remaining: 4d 9h 47m |
 An Old Sweetheart of Mine by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Illus Howard C CHRISTY 1902 $4.99 Time Remaining: 10d 8h 27m Buy It Now for only: $4.99 |
 James Whitcomb Riley Vol 1 Memorial Edition $6.95 Time Remaining: 16d 4h 8m Buy It Now for only: $6.95 |
 Riley James Whitcomb His Pas Romance First edition 1908 $5.00 Time Remaining: 6d 4h 35m |
 Afterwhiles by James Whitcomb Riley 1895 $7.19 Time Remaining: 14d 2h 21m Buy It Now for only: $7.19 |
 DOWN AROUND THE RIVER And Other Poems James Whitcomb Riley Will Vawter hb $15.09 Time Remaining: 4d 7h 24m Buy It Now for only: $15.09 |
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 Riley Child Rhymes Indiana Book 1920 By James Whitcomb Riley $9.99 Time Remaining: 4d 11h 30m |
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 Vintage 1899 Hardcover Neghborly Poems by James Whitcomb Riley Collectable $4.99 Time Remaining: 3d 7h 15m |
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Whitcomb Riley
Retirement in Puerto Vallarta--ready to Live in Luxury?
After a lifetime of hard work, isn’t it about time that you enjoy the fruit of your labor? By now, you should be ready to start living large, living like a king, living the life of Riley, or just plain living in luxury!
James Whitcomb Riley’s poems depicted the comforts of a prosperous home life, while those using the term “living large” are referring to living with an extravagant or self indulgent lifestyle; able to pay for and enjoy a very wealthy lifestyle or as they say south of the border, able to enjoy the sweet life, “la dolce vida”. If you are now ready to live in luxury, you’ve got only one small hurdle to jump; that is affordability! Herein lies the solution to your problem.
First, you pack your personal items and your dog into the SUV and you drive to Mexico. As long as your car remains in Mexico, you’ll never need to renew your license plates nor will you ever again pay any taxes on it. As soon as you’ve crossed the border and get on one of the super modern toll roads, you aim directly for the Mexican Riviera on the Pacific Ocean with Puerto Vallarta being your destination.
When you arrive in Vallarta, where the average daily temperature is 73*F with virtually no chance of rain from November through May, you’ll find your dream at an affordable price. As an example, a beautiful condominium with a “million dollar view”, which would cost $1,000,000 in the States, will cost $350,000 in Vallarta. With the mortgage financing that is now available in Mexico, you can purchase this condo for as little as 30% down or slightly over $100,000. Next, let’s consider property taxes on the million dollar condo that you paid $350,000 for. Annual property taxes in Vallarta are .12% of purchase price or about $400 per year for your condo.
Now that you’ve moved into your luxurious condo, you’ll need a maid to keep it tidy and perhaps prepare your meals. Remember, kings don’t clean their own castles and seldom cook their own meals! A neat, honest, and loyal maid will cost you about $20 per day. If you’d rather prepare some of your own meals, you can share your maid with the neighbor, so that each of you pay $10 per half day for cleaning and tidying up. For about $250 per month and without lifting a hand, your condo will always look like a million dollars.
After you’ve settled into your beautiful and tidy condo with its panoramic view of the Banderas Bay, the Pacific Ocean, and the Sierra Madres, it’s time to venture into El Centro or downtown, where there are virtually hundreds of fine restaurants offering every type of cuisine imaginable. The cost of dining in Vallarta is about the same as in the States. You can pay as little as $10 for a fine dinner or you can pay as much as $50 for the same dinner in a tourist oriented restaurant with the high society ambiance. Alternatively, you might just decide to tough it out like a commoner by going to one of the many modern supermarkets where the food selection, quality, and price are comparable to the States, and buy your own groceries. All food products, including water, and of course all restaurants, are closely regulated and quality controlled.
Daytime activities such as golfing on any of the seven beautiful courses, playing tennis on any of the hundreds of courts, or enjoying world class deep sea fishing, will cost about the same as back home. To conserve cash, you might consider joining any of the hundreds of clubs, societies, organizations, or even take a class in some subject you’ve always wanted to learn. There are so many things to do that you’ll never get bored living in Paradise and you can spend as much or as little as you feel comfortable spending while still living a life of luxury.
Next, as much as we hate to think about it, let’s assume you develop a medical problem or toothache. There are two new modern hospitals in Vallarta with all of the latest in sophisticated equipment. There are a number of modern dentist offices, clinics, etc., all staffed with English speaking professionals. The main difference between these facilities, doctors, and dentists, and those in the States is price. You can assume that medical care will be about one half to one third of that back home.
If you need mechanical work done on your car, painting or maintenance work in your condo, repair of your TV or CD player, or any other kind of service work, the cost should be slightly less than you’re accustomed to paying.
In summarizing, excluding mortgage payments, a couple can live in luxury on their social security income in Vallarta. Keeping in mind that condo prices are expected to continue to appreciate at a rate of at least 10% per year, your “million dollar” condo should increase in value by $35,000 per year, which when added to your social security income, should more than cover all of your living expenses and mortgage payments while living like a king in Paradise.
About the Author
Jim Scherrer has owned property in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for 24 years and resided there for the past ten years. The mission of his series of 20 articles pertaining to retirement in Puerto Vallarta is to reveal the recent changes that have occurred in Vallarta while dispelling the misconceptions about living conditions in Mexico. For the full series of articles regarding travel to and retirement in Vallarta as well as pertinent Puerto Vallarta links, please visit us at www.pvreba.com
Is this a good thesis statement?
Although in America the times were about moving west for gold and putting on your best outfits, James Whitcomb Riley stayed true to his Indiana home and wrote his poetry about his farm life and the country folk............The essay is about an American author and what era they wrote in
Yes. In this thesis, you stated the clear main controlling idea "poetry about his farm life and the country folk."
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James Whitcomb Riley Little Orphan Annie as performed by Organ Failure