Maxims Memories SimonAugust 23, 20211 "Memories sweeten with time." R. Kenton Nelson Painting is by my friend Ken Gerst, of blessed memory. I made...
Hiking Hiking and Life SimonAugust 21, 20210 "Hiking is a bit like life: The journey only requires you to put one foot in front of the other…again and again...
Words Seldom Seen Words Seldom Seen: Tincture SimonAugust 20, 20210 Tincture Noun: 1) A slight trace of something. 2) A medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol. 3) A...
Maxims Conceiving God #7 SimonAugust 18, 20210 The idea of “faith-based education” is an oxymoron. From Conceiving GodBy David...
Ideas Traffic Circles Part Two SimonAugust 17, 20210 Last week I wrote a blog entry about traffic circles and my discovery of why I dislike them. Alert reader Andy B....
Maxims “The Graveyard of Empire” SimonAugust 16, 20210 ”Afghanistan is the graveyard of empire.” This is a much quoted and often wrongly attributed saying. There...
Family Feeding Animals SimonAugust 14, 20210 A sign at the High Desert Museum in Bend: “Please do not feed the wild animals. They become reliant and soon...
Ideas Traffic Circles SimonAugust 13, 20211 Bend, Oregon might be the traffic circle capital of the United States. We are in Bend so I’ve been driving...
Ideas Email Zero SimonAugust 12, 20211 Sometimes an impossible sounding idea becomes a wonderful reality. eMail Zero is such an idea. The idea is to get...
Maxims Conceiving God #6 SimonAugust 11, 20210 “The question of the meaning of life is meaningless.” From Conceiving GodBy David...