Factfulness: Overpopulation

Posted on July 21, 2020June 30, 2020 by Simon

“The only proven method for curbing population growth is to eradicate extreme poverty and give people better lives, including education and contraception.” Hans Rosling in Factfulness (Highly Reco... Read More

Trade

Posted on July 20, 2020July 3, 2020 by Simon

The last few months aside the rules for trade, migration and travel are the best they have ever been. Walter Wriston wrote The Twilight of Sovereignty in 1992 and predicted that what the state was abl... Read More

Coffee

Posted on July 18, 2020July 3, 2020 by Simon

A good cup of coffee is a holiday for your senses.... Read More

Dignity

Posted on July 17, 2020July 2, 2020 by Simon

“Death with dignity is mostly an oxymoron.” Rabbi Sam Karff From: Old Man CountryBy Thomas R Cole Photo is from a 2015 hike up My Baden Powell in the San Gabriel Mountains.... Read More

People

Posted on July 16, 2020July 3, 2020 by Simon

“There are no uninteresting people in the world.” Yevgeny Yevtushenko The photo was taken in 1955 or 1956. The adults are my Grandparents on my fathers side. Albert and Rebecca. The children from ... Read More

Words Seldom Seen: Peripatetic

Posted on July 15, 2020June 30, 2020 by Simon

Peripatetic Peripatetic, Adjective; A life style of moving around. Itinerant. Example: “Many young people are peripatetic but usually they settle down.” Photo is of a Bighorn Sheep from th... Read More

Factfulness Quotation

Posted on July 14, 2020June 29, 2020 by Simon

“The television news is not very useful for understanding the world.” Factfulness by Hans Rosling One of my best Sunset shots of 2020. It really is about the foreground.... Read More

Zoomology

Posted on July 13, 2020July 3, 2020 by Simon

Spend some time making your background reflect you. Take some practice runs. See who looks good on Zoom and emulate them. Don’t eat on camera. Even at a Zoom cocktail party. Place your camera at... Read More