Tallyrand
“It is a pity that a great man should be so ill bred.” Talleyrand speaking of Napoleon. It is easy to...
Category: Hiking
The Busy Trap
It is easier to be busy than it is to be productive. The maxim aligns with the photo (it is the blind Squirrel...
Words Getting More Common: Portal
Portal For most of my life "portals" were a science fiction mechanism for getting from one state to another....
Saving
"Do not save what is left after spending; instead spend what is left after saving." Warren Buffett This...
Simon’s Rules for Hiking
Happy New Year I hope your year is filled with hikes to new places and old, that your knees stay healthy and...
Words Seldom Seen: Heterodox
Heterodox Adjective: Not conforming to the accepted or orthodox opinions or beliefs. Example 1: "His...
Advice to Hikers
"You are almost there." Last week Peter and his great dog Mojo hiked with me on the Granite Mountain Hotshots...
Words Seldom Seen: Penultimate
Penultimate Adjective: last but one in a series of things; second to last. Example: "The November meeting...
Words Seldom Seen: Pareidolia
Pareidolia Noun: A brain phenomenon in which a person sees or hears something significant in a random image or...
Travel Advice
“The journey is the destination.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Photo is of my hiking buddies starting down from...
