Maxims Disgrace SimonOctober 16, 20250 “A person who dies rich dies disgraced.” Andrew Carnegie Carnegie was an early advocate of charity...
Hohokam Chance SimonOctober 15, 20251 “Chance favors the prepared mind.” Louis Pasteur Pasteur’s is a more elegant way of saying “luck...
DECLINE Old Age SimonOctober 14, 20250 ”Old age and the wear of time teach many things.” Sophocles There are advantages to being old. In some...
Hohokam Doing Business SimonOctober 8, 20251 "The chief business of the American people is business.” Calvin Coolidge The photo is from Mesa Verde NP....
DECLINE Not Shocked SimonOctober 7, 20251 “Perhaps one has to be old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked.” Pearl Buck American...
Maxims Arguing SimonOctober 1, 20250 “There’s no sense in arguing over what you can’t change.” On the other hand it is only through arguing...
Politics Despair SimonSeptember 30, 20252 “Despair is a mortal sin.” William F Buckley I could list all of the government actions that could cause...
Family Words Seldom Seen: Liminal SimonSeptember 26, 20250 Liminal Adjective: In-between, in transition, in an early stage of development. Example: "Since they were...
Maxims Getting Ahead SimonSeptember 24, 20252 People who go with the flow are more likely to get ahead. This is certainly true in most employment situations...
Travel Words Seldom Seen: Lacuna SimonSeptember 19, 20251 Lacuna Noun: An unfilled space, a gap. Example: "The lacuna in the book was the lack of discussion of where...