Make a Difference

Posted on October 17, 2022October 12, 2022 by Simon

“Have little interest in what makes no difference.” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Tulips at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.... Read More

Inflation

Posted on October 15, 2022October 11, 2022 by Simon

“By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.” John Maynard Keynes Keynesian economics is very wel... Read More

Uncertainty

Posted on October 14, 2022October 11, 2022 by Simon

“Uncertainty is one of the ingredients necessary to make a trip an adventure.” If everything is organized then you are on a trip. In an adventure there is uncertainty. But uncertainty is n... Read More

Happiness

Posted on October 13, 2022October 12, 2022 by Simon

“Try to find the good in everything.” Admittedly things happen for which there is no good to be found so the operative word is “try.”... Read More

Politics

Posted on October 12, 2022October 11, 2022 by Simon

“Politics rots your brain and corrodes your soul.” Jim Geraghty The wine collection for our wine trip to Bend, OR. last summer.... Read More

Tuzigoot Postcard

Posted on October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 by Simon

Postcards are one of my hobbies and I participate two ways. One is through Postcrossing.com and the other is by sending postcards to a couple of hundred people who I have come into contact with over t... Read More

Words Seldom Seen: Polyamorous

Posted on October 11, 2022October 4, 2022 by Simon

Polyamorous Adjective: To be polyamorous means to have open intimate or romantic relationships with more than one person at a time. Example: “Intimacy and trust are essential to successful polya... Read More

Humor Warning

Posted on October 10, 2022October 7, 2022 by Simon

Not everyone has a sense of humor. Especially a sense of humor like mine. Photo taken in Bend OR Summer 2021.... Read More

Plagiarism

Posted on October 8, 2022October 7, 2022 by Simon

“All of my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients.” Ralph Waldo Emerson A different view of the reflecting pool. Perhaps time travel is possible.... Read More

Worse

Posted on October 7, 2022October 6, 2022 by Simon

“Things may have to get worse before they get even worser.” It is rare to see a sheep statue but at the Missouri Botanical Garden they have a flock. I just finished listening to The End of... Read More

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Simon Burrow

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