Category: Simon Says
Maxim Challenge
“Helping others is the best way to ensure your survival.“ Every day until the end of the year I am going to post a favorite maxim. My constraint is that the maxim will have ten words or le... Read More
“The Apple of My Eye”
“The Apple of My Eye” was originally used in English and perhaps Hebrew to refer to the pupil of the eye. Sometime in the late middle ages it began to mean something or someone that one va... Read More
Happy Halloween
“We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.” Stephen King Photo is of a Pumpkin Tree at the Biltmore Fashion Square a few years ago. It allows for a combination holiday.... Read More
Pueblo Grande Museum
I work as a volunteer tour guide at the Pueblo Grande Museum and often I am assigned to the Artifact Cart. Yesterday, quite unexpectedly, a team from Channel 7 came to the museum and I was one of the ... Read More
Thoughtful Speculation
“Thoughtful speculation“ I have run into this phrase several times this summer and thought it was worthy of a blog post. The context was in book reviews where the author did not have all t... Read More
Supply Chain
“The world’s supply of grievances is almost inexhaustible” As is the worlds supply of beauty. Photo is of a tropical plant growing in the Missouri Botanical Garden in St Louis.... Read More
The Cat’s Meow
“The Cat’s Meow” is an expression that refers to something that is outstanding. It was first used by by American cartoonist Thomas A. (Tad) Dorgan in the 1920’s. Photo is of a ... Read More