Moon Rise Over Monaco

Posted on May 10, 2024May 9, 2024 by Simon

“With privilege comes responsibility.” Too much time on a tour bus made me grouchy. The moon rise as the ship eased out of the Monaco harbor cheered me up. We are still working on solving the blog... Read More

Pablo Picasso

Posted on May 9, 2024May 9, 2024 by Simon

“It took me my whole life to learn to draw like a child.” Pablo Picasso Picasso spent his formative years in Barcelona before moving as a teenager to Paris, where he became arguably the most influ... Read More

Barcelona

Posted on May 8, 2024 by Simon

“The straight line Belongs to Man, The curved line Belongs to God” Antoni Gaudi “The dotted line……. Is between owners.” Simon Dawn on our last day in Barcelona. Gaudi was the highlight... Read More

The Last Cathedral

Posted on May 7, 2024 by Simon

The Sagrada Familia may be the last majestic cathedral built. Religion is much less popular than it was and the share of the economy that worshiping gods commands has been shrinking for five hundred y... Read More

Risk

Posted on May 6, 2024May 3, 2024 by Simon

There is risk in everything we try, demanding certainty is another way of stalling. This quote reminds me of a Richard Feynman quote from last year’s trip. This Asian looking cabinet was at the Imag... Read More

Cruising

Posted on May 3, 2024May 3, 2024 by Simon

Tomorrow we leave on our first ever ocean cruise on a large cruise ship. I have always opposed cruises because in my uninformed opinion they were too organized and regimented. Too focused on comfort a... Read More

Sensory Extension

Posted on May 2, 2024April 24, 2024 by Simon

“We listen to the unspoken, we gaze upon the unseen.” Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea From the Pendergast novels by Preston and Child. The books make wonderful summer reading. They have little... Read More

Happy Birthday

Posted on May 1, 2024April 26, 2024 by Simon

Happy Birthday Nurit Thank you for always meeting me halfway or farther when we have disagreed. Thank you for putting up with my quirks and my quirky friends. And finally thank you for urging me to be... Read More

Words Seldom Seen: Cromulent

Posted on April 30, 2024March 27, 2024 by Simon

Cromulent Adjective: Perfectly adequate. Example: The hotel room at the Motel 6 was cromulent. This word was made up for an episode of The Simpsons in 1966. It must have filled a need and has become a... Read More

Conversation

Posted on April 29, 2024April 26, 2024 by Simon

“It is often the case that the louder a person speaks the less they have to say.” This quote has multiple attributions and so it is not necessary to find the original author. the flower in the pho... Read More

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Quirky thoughts from an old man.