Maxims Motivation SimonFebruary 20, 20250 "Motivation is a learned skill, not an innate quality." The photo is of the new bridge across the Colorado...
Maxims A Promise SimonFebruary 13, 20250 "A promise made is a debt unpaid." Robert W. Service in The Cremation of Sam McGee Photo is from a visit to...
Politics Damning with Faint Praise SimonFebruary 10, 20250 “He is wholly insufficient for his place with the additional misfortune of not himself having the least...
Hiking The Busy Trap SimonFebruary 6, 20250 It is easier to be busy than it is to be productive. The maxim aligns with the photo (it is the blind Squirrel...
Ideas Can This Be True? SimonFebruary 5, 20250 “The world is much better. The world is awful. The world can be much better.” Three sentences that...
Maxims Keeping Peace SimonFebruary 3, 20250 "An overwhelming show of force often obviates the need to employ it." Alexander Hamilton From Alexander...
Maxims Wine Three SimonJanuary 27, 20250 "The best way to drink wine is in the way you most enjoy it." Variously attributed. From The Little Book of...
Hiking Saving SimonJanuary 22, 20250 "Do not save what is left after spending; instead spend what is left after saving." Warren Buffett This...
Maxims Wine Two SimonJanuary 21, 20250 "Wine is bottled poetry." Robert Louis Stevenson From The Little Book of Wine. We spent a few weeks in...
Humor Disclaimer SimonJanuary 20, 20250 "These are not my monkeys and this is not my circus." Polish Proverb And an extremely apropos quotation for...