Wine and Life

Posted on September 26, 2022September 20, 2022 by Simon

Life is goodWine is goodLife is short and you only get oneWine is plentifulSo is wine better than life? In Bordeaux in August I took a lot of photos of grapes. This is the best one.... Read More

Conversation

Posted on September 23, 2022September 20, 2022 by Simon

“Conversation and information do not directly correlate.” When the tide is out there is no fishing from this town in Bordeaux. The quote is the result of a conversation between Gene B and ... Read More

Postcard of the Week

Posted on September 21, 2022September 20, 2022 by Simon

Queen Elizabeth II Long Live the King I remember Queen Elizabeth’s coronation. We got at least two day off school. On one of them we went up to Gloucester Road and watched as she and Prince Phil... Read More

An Adventure

Posted on September 17, 2022September 20, 2022 by Simon

Apple in the advertising for their new Apple watch use the tag line “Adventure Awaits.” At the beginning of the month we got back from a trip to Europe which included a river cruise that a... Read More

Art

Posted on September 12, 2022September 12, 2022 by Simon

“A good espresso is like a work of art.” Italian folk saying I know the photo is of a very artistically made cappuccino not an espresso. The broader point is that simple things done well a... Read More

Tap and Pay

Posted on September 10, 2022September 10, 2022 by Simon

The use of Tap and Pay in the UK particularly and Europe in general is far ahead of its usage in the USA. The implication of doing transactions entirely without money are enormous. It make things like... Read More

Solutions

Posted on September 8, 2022September 6, 2022 by Simon

“There are no solutions; there are only tradeoffs.” Thomas Sowell, American Economist Photo is from Green Park in London looking north from Buckingham Palace.... Read More

Depletion

Posted on August 13, 2022August 3, 2022 by Simon

The copper mine in Bisbee Arizona closed when all of the easily obtainable ore was mined. Nobody much cared. The miners moved on and a future Ghost Town was created. The Oyster fleet in the Chesapeake... Read More

Language vs Acts

Posted on August 10, 2022July 15, 2022 by Simon

“Beautiful language pales in comparison to beautiful acts.”... Read More

Very Little

Posted on August 8, 2022August 4, 2022 by Simon

“Some people take a long time to say very little, and even longer to say nothing at all.” Attributed to Gene Brogdon This one of the famous Chesapeake Bay Lighthouses. They are in various states o... Read More

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