Travel Words Seldom Seen: Perigee SimonOctober 21, 20240 Perigee Noun: the point in the orbit of a moon or a satellite at which it is nearest to the object it is...
DECLINE To Be Remembered SimonOctober 18, 20240 "I prefer to be remembered for what I have done for others, not what others have done for me." Thomas...
Maxims Winning SimonOctober 17, 20240 "You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." Margaret Thatcher The photo is of public art in...
Maxims Politics SimonOctober 16, 20240 "Politics is a contact sport." Paul Dietz (and others) It is the season to celebrate how ugly democracy can...
Maxims Altruism SimonOctober 15, 20240 " Altruism begins at home. " Norman Lefkowitz Everybody seems to hate the Tesla Truck except the people who...
Travel Words Seldom Seen: Apogee SimonOctober 14, 20240 Apogee Noun: Original meaning: The farthest or highest point, particularly of an orbit. Evolved (slang)...
Maxims A Secret SimonOctober 11, 20240 “Secretiveness is not a crime.” Aloysius Pendergast From the Pendergast novels by Preston and...
Humor The Sharpest Knife SimonOctober 10, 20240 "He’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer. In fact he’s really a butter knife." Author Unknown...
Maxims Class SimonOctober 9, 20240 "Money can’t buy you class." Luann de Lesseps Photo is of a postcard I bought in Oregon. It illustrates...
Maxims Magic SimonOctober 8, 20240 “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C Clarke At the Evergreen...