Words Seldom Seen: Anodyne

Posted on May 21, 2024April 26, 2024 by Simon

Anodyne Adjective: Not likely to provoke dissent or offense; inoffensive, often deliberately so. Example: “The press secretary made the usual anodyne remarks. Trying to offend or alarm as few as po... Read More

Going to Hell

Posted on May 16, 2024April 24, 2024 by Simon

“One can reach the gates of hell just as easily by short steps as by large.” Aloysius Pendergast Another great quote from the Pendergast novels by Preston and Child. The books make wonderful sum... Read More

Peace

Posted on May 13, 2024May 12, 2024 by Simon

“If you want peace, prepare for war.” Si Vis Pacem, Para bellum Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus Vegetius was a military writer in the late Roman Empire. The quote is apropos since we are to... 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

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

Beware

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

“Beware the dog that does not bark and the man who does not talk.” Lakota Folk Wisdom The photo is of one of the beautiful pieces of glass we saw on our recent trip to Florida. The quote is from o... Read More

Radiolaria, Carpocanium Irregulare

Posted on March 13, 2024March 13, 2024 by Simon

Last April we were on a Glass Trip to Pittsburgh. During the trip we bought a lampwork glass piece that evoked an early, now extinct, jellyfish. Last week while I was organizing our taxes I found a cr... Read More

What a Great Country

Posted on June 21, 2023June 9, 2023 by Simon

“Americans are famous for their get up and go because all of us have ancestors who got up and came.”... Read More

Glass Blowing

Posted on September 16, 2019September 7, 2019 by Simon

On our trip to Oregon last month our daughters organized for us to go to a glass blowing studio and have a lesson. I was suspicious. I love glass and thought that it was unlikely that we could create ... Read More

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Simon Burrow

Quirky thoughts from an old man.

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