Simon Says Backyard Scuba Reminder SimonMay 26, 20121 One of the ideas that I promote is not just looking at things but actually seeing them. I call it backyard scuba...
Maxims Work SimonMay 25, 20120 "After you have worked on a farm, nothing else you ever do is work." John Kenneth Galbraith US...
Maxims May 24, 2012 Maxim SimonMay 24, 20120 "Nothing makes a place holier than the competition of another religion." Simon Sebag Montefiore in his...
Postcards Simon Says Postcards 5/22/2012 SimonMay 22, 20120 "Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it." Confucius Life is good! Red Rock Canyon Dog...
Politics You Can’t Fake the Harvest SimonMay 21, 20120 All farmers know that it is easy in the spring to predict a bumper crop. And in the summer as the fields...
Maxims May 17, 2012 Maxim SimonMay 17, 20120 "If I win the Nobel Peace Prize, you will know that I have failed." Tony Blair speaking at the commencement of his...
Politics Irony Abounds SimonMay 16, 20120 The recent Secret Service scandal was discovered when a disagreement came to light about how much a Columbian...
Postcards Simon Says Postcards 5/15/2012 SimonMay 15, 20120 "All roads lead to the gift shop" A travel observation by Rebecca Burrow many years ago at Warwick Castle....
Politics What Would Texas Do? SimonMay 14, 20121 Headline in the 5/14/12 WSJ: "Brown Says More Cuts Needed" Note to Governor Brown: "You can't save your way to...
Nanny State Happy Nannies Day SimonMay 13, 20121 I failed. The City of Pasadena has banned plastic bags beginning in July. I had opposed the ban on my blog when it...