” If you have to have staff you are not free.” Simon It costs more than a million dollars a year to keep this boat. It has a crew of at least four. The sewn cover on the helicopter cost m...Read More
“Mystery, not logic, is what gives us hope.” Bryce Courtenay The Power of One (Simon is in Palau doing important research on the reef, the Palau posts were prepared in advance)...Read More
“Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling” Edna Ferber Happy Christmas Simon Have I been here? We are going to Paris in the springtime of 2015....Read More
Do you need proof that God loves Texas. First he made it so flat that they had to build water towers to have any water pressure. Which made life a little bit more costly than in hilly areas. But...Read More
Last summer we were given a copy of Voices of the Land a collection of essays and photographs. It was a gift from our friends from life Bonnie and Kai Underwood. It sat on our coffee table unread an...Read More
“The simplest way to help the poorest Asians would be to buy more from sweatshops, not less” Nicholas Kristof. It is counter-intuitive but true. By buying the stuff they make you ensure them...Read More
A good way to test if someone is speaking in platitudes is to ask yourself if you can imagine a normal human adult believing the opposite. Economist Donald Boudreaux writing in the Pittsburgh Tribune-...Read More