Simon Says Vantastic SimonJuly 24, 20111 During my "hippie carpenter" days I drove a shingled Ford Econoline van with an impeach Nixon bumper sticker. Then...
Nanny State Nanny in Pasadena SimonJuly 23, 201110 On Tuesday July 19th the Pasadena Environmental Advisory Commission had a public hearing on a proposal to ban the use...
Simon Says Five Pearls of Wisdom SimonJuly 22, 20110 1. Money cannot buy happiness but...somehow, its more comfortable to cry in a Mercedes than on a bicycle. 2....
Postcards Simon Says Postcards 7/21/2011 SimonJuly 21, 20110 Red Telephone Boxes are now rare and expensive. What is ubiquitous in our lives today that will be rare...
Maxims Maxim July 21, 2011 SimonJuly 21, 20110 "The postcard is a curious form. It is the epitome of what linguists call phatic communication: a message with no...
Simon Says Back at the Lilies SimonJuly 20, 20112 Three beautiful flowering lilies this week. I hope you are enjoying the pond transition as much as I...
Pond Cam Tadpoles in a Jar SimonJuly 19, 20110 The frog eggs have definitely hatched so I caught a Ball Jar full of them and took a picture. As you can see they...
Pond Cam Tadpoles SimonJuly 18, 20110 Those frog eggs that I showed in last weeks pond post are now tadpoles. Lillian discovered them over the weekend and...
Postcards Simon Says Postcards SimonJuly 16, 20110 Postcards were an important means of communicating in the 19th and 20th centuries. But now in the 21st century as...