Destiny

Posted on January 3, 2024January 1, 2024 by Simon

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” Ralph Waldo Emerson A lone cow at sunset in Healdsburg.... Read More

Knowledge

Posted on December 26, 2023December 5, 2023 by Simon

“Knowledge makes one humble. Ignorance make one proud.” Confucius Nothing says Happy Christmas like a 20 foot high inflatable reindeer.... Read More

Map Reading

Posted on December 22, 2023December 4, 2023 by Simon

“The joy of map reading has been swallowed whole into the maw of GPS technology.” Simon Winchester in Knowing What We Know Whatever happened to Gas Station Maps or in LA the Thomas Guide? On the o... Read More

Happy Christmas

Posted on December 21, 2023December 4, 2023 by Simon

“Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling” Edna Ferber Be kind and agreeable. In this holiday season you can’t go far wrong by doing the opposite of what Donald Trump would do. Photo was... Read More

Progress

Posted on December 20, 2023December 4, 2023 by Simon

“The speed of our forward motion is directly related to the velocity of the people around us.” The photo is of the beautiful beach in Tel Aviv. I was going to write more about Israel and t... Read More

Less is More

Posted on December 14, 2023December 3, 2023 by Simon

“As my handwriting deteriorates, my thinking concentrates and I try to say more with less words.” I’m still writing a lot of postcards but sometimes even I can’t read my writin... Read More

Profit

Posted on December 13, 2023December 3, 2023 by Simon

“The one who serves best profits most.” Photo is of an excellent train mural in Bethesda Maryland. In business and in life focus on serving others and profits will follow. If you focus primarily o... Read More

Antelope Canyon

Posted on December 12, 2023December 1, 2023 by Simon

“A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever.” John Keats Some places are so sublimely beautiful they defy description. Antelope Canyon is one of them. I took the photo five years ago the last time... Read More

Feelings

Posted on December 8, 2023November 29, 2023 by Simon

“Physics doesn’t care about feelings.” Elon Musk Photo is of President Zelensky in Chicago pleading for naval weapons. We can discuss whether we like Musk at length but we can agree ... Read More

Promises Promises

Posted on December 1, 2023November 29, 2023 by Simon

“Decades of entitlement promises are finally running into reality, reality is going to win.” Photo is from a Postcrossing postcard I received. I have no idea where it is from, who took it ... Read More

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Simon Burrow

Quirky thoughts from an old man.

Category: Maxims