The Right

Posted on March 12, 2025March 6, 2025 by Simon

“It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.” Thomas Huxley A painting from an art gallery in Santa Fe. I failed to get the name of the gallery or the artist. You cou... Read More

First Class

Posted on March 11, 2025March 5, 2025 by Simon

“First class countries don’t have second-class citizens.” Simon Burrow Photo is of a Water Lilly at Huntington Gardens in Pasadena CA.... Read More

Remember:

Posted on March 6, 2025February 28, 2025 by Simon

“Nobody wins a trade war” Photo is from the art gallery at the New Mexico Capital Building.... Read More

Build Bridges not Borders

Posted on March 4, 2025February 28, 2025 by Simon

The case for allowing people to move is simple; openness to newcomers is morally right, economically beneficial and culturally enriching. Philippe LeGrain LeGrain is a writer who wrote, among other th... Read More

Becoming Banal

Posted on February 27, 2025February 2, 2025 by Simon

“A brilliant remark is oft repeated and rapidly becomes banal.” A great painting of some river washed stones. It dates from 2011 but all of the rest of its provenance is lost. Banal... Read More

Money and Happiness

Posted on February 24, 2025January 31, 2025 by Simon

“Money is an essential ingredient to happiness in this world.” Alexander Hamilton From Alexander Hamilton the excellent biography by Ron Chernow Photo is from the Yosemite 2010 series and shows Ha... Read More

Motivation

Posted on February 20, 2025February 2, 2025 by Simon

“Motivation is a learned skill, not an innate quality.” The photo is of the new bridge across the Colorado River just below Hoover Dam. It is framed by the top of the dam. Read more about ... Read More

A Promise

Posted on February 13, 2025February 2, 2025 by Simon

“A promise made is a debt unpaid.” Robert W. Service in The Cremation of Sam McGee Photo is from a visit to the Bancroft Library at UCLA but near USC. The book in Latin shows a stone circl... Read More

Damning with Faint Praise

Posted on February 10, 2025January 31, 2025 by Simon

“He is wholly insufficient for his place with the additional misfortune of not himself having the least suspicion of the fact.” Alexander Hamilton From Alexander Hamilton the excellent biography b... Read More

The Busy Trap

Posted on February 6, 2025January 31, 2025 by Simon

It is easier to be busy than it is to be productive. The maxim aligns with the photo (it is the blind Squirrel effect). A hatch of Ladybugs on a warm day in December 2010. They were a bit early. You m... Read More

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