Wine Three

Posted on January 27, 2025January 7, 2025 by Simon

“The best way to drink wine is in the way you most enjoy it.” Variously attributed. From The Little Book of Wine.... Read More

Saving

Posted on January 22, 2025January 7, 2025 by Simon

“Do not save what is left after spending; instead spend what is left after saving.“ Warren Buffett This Saguaro cactus is of the third order. It has branches on branches on branches. In al... Read More

Wine Two

Posted on January 21, 2025January 7, 2025 by Simon

“Wine is bottled poetry.” Robert Louis Stevenson From The Little Book of Wine. We spent a few weeks in the Willamette Valley tasting Pinot Noirs last summer. Here is one that we liked:... Read More

Disclaimer

Posted on January 20, 2025January 7, 2025 by Simon

“These are not my monkeys and this is not my circus.” Polish Proverb And an extremely apropos quotation for Inauguration Day 2025... Read More

The Public Good

Posted on January 14, 2025January 7, 2025 by Simon

“The task of government is not to stop selfish striving, which is a hopeless task, but to harness it for the public good.” Alexander Hamilton As quoted by Ron Chernow in Hamilton Yes that ... Read More

Wine One

Posted on January 13, 2025January 7, 2025 by Simon

“Wine is sunlight held together by water.” Galileo Galilei From The Little Book of Wine. At Hanukkah we have a night when we have to give a found gift. Someone chose this for me. It had a ... Read More

Traffic

Posted on January 8, 2025January 7, 2025 by Simon

“When you are in traffic, you are also traffic.” In the immortal words of President Obama: “We are the people we have been waiting for.” Stop complaining. We are part of what w... Read More

Advice to Hikers

Posted on December 19, 2024December 19, 2024 by Simon

“You are almost there.” Last week Peter and his great dog Mojo hiked with me on the Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial Trail. It was a great hike. The trail was longish, well built and ver... Read More

Example

Posted on December 16, 2024December 14, 2024 by Simon

“Example is the school of humankind and we will learn at no other.” Edmund Burke The photo is of me learning that even with a well groomed beard I look old. I am standing with Margie K who has... Read More

Travel Advice

Posted on December 9, 2024November 28, 2024 by Simon

“The journey is the destination.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Photo is of my hiking buddies starting down from the Senior Summit on Piestewa Peak on a Sunday morning at dawn.... Read More

1 of 129
1
2
3
…
129
Next »

Simon Burrow

Quirky thoughts from an old man.

Category: Maxims