A Welsh Baptist preacher was asked whether it was permissible to have sex on Sundays. He replied, “Yes, so long as you don’t enjoy it.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria 1988 Subtitle “The Meaning of Health Scares” The picture is not showing up on some of my subscribers emails. I’m trying a change of order to see if that will make it work. It won’t but if you are a subscriber to SimonBurrow.com please let me know if the the photo showed up in the email.… Read More »Sex on Sunday
When thinking about the homeless and what to do about them, one common trope is that housing need to be more “affordable.” We were in Arcata California a few weeks ago where housing is half the price of Phoenix and one quarter the price of LA and there were still lots of homeless people around. Maybe “affordable” housing isn’t the big issue.
“One who understands the truth of things will be wise and happy.” Hugh Downs at age 95 From: Old Man CountryBy Thomas R Cole
“Love everybody and tell the truth.” Maharaj-ji From: Old Man CountryBy Thomas R Cole Another picturesque old tree on the slopes of Mt Baldy. Taken in 2015
“I’ve had a great life. If I die today I would not feel cheated.” Rabbi Sam Karff From: Old Man CountryBy Thomas R Cole Photo is from the Mt. Baldy area in Southern California. There are hundreds of these lightening tested trees.
“Death with dignity is mostly an oxymoron.” Rabbi Sam Karff From: Old Man CountryBy Thomas R Cole Photo is from a 2015 hike up My Baden Powell in the San Gabriel Mountains.
Without music, life would be a mistake. Friedrich Nietzsche Photo Credit: This is a New Mexican Locust, it is a flowering tree or shrub that grows throughout the SW. We encountered it on our Horton Creek Hike in early June. The photo doesn’t let you hear the sound of the bees pollinating the pale pink flowers.
I went hiking, with Peter and Jim, north of Cave Creek, Arizona last Sunday and one of the wonders we came across was an oak tree with oak galls on it. The ones pictured above are about a half inch in diameter. They were mostly empty and the shells weigh less than a gram. They appeared to be growing on leaves. Sometimes called oak apples they are formed by wasps and are related to their reproduction cycle. Until about 100 years ago they were a… Read More »Oak Galls
“Morality is part of our factory-installed software.” Frans de Waal “If there is no God, everything is permitted.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky
