Travel Words Seldom Seen: Bromide SimonAugust 29, 20250 Bromide Noun: A chemical used as a sedative. Now more commonly used to describe a hackneyed saying meant to...
Hiking Courage SimonAugust 28, 20251 "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear." Mark Twain This picture was taken at...
Hiking Connections SimonAugust 27, 20251 "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe." John...
DECLINE Green Books SimonAugust 26, 20250 Some green books being used as decorator items, on there way to the dust bin of history. This photo is from the...
Hiking The Sierra Nevada SimonAugust 25, 20250 "Of all the mountain ranges I have climbed, I like the Sierra Nevada the best." John Muir My endurance...
Travel Words Seldom Seen: Gnosis SimonAugust 22, 20250 Gnosis Noun: esoteric knowledge of apparent spiritual truth. From the Greek word for knowledge. Example: "He...
Hiking Always Do Right SimonAugust 21, 20250 "Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest." Mark Twain This photo is from the...
Hiking Deer Mountain SimonAugust 20, 20250 "Just bread and water and delightful toil is all I need." John Muir Back in the 1990's it was acceptable...
Hiking More Mountains SimonAugust 19, 20251 "Climb the mountains and get their good tidings." John Muir Breathing the mountain air. Having a chill in...
Hiking Mountains SimonAugust 18, 20250 "The mountains are calling and I must go." John Muir We are spending some time in Yosemite NP again this...