Book Recommendation Two

Posted on February 17, 2021February 5, 2021 by Simon

Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell Black Lives Matter has been on the agenda longer than Covid 19. Gladwell sees the issues of race from both sides and tells some stories that allowed me to see ... Read More

Words Seldom Seen: Coachee

Posted on January 28, 2021January 13, 2021 by Simon

Coachee Noun: One who is coached. Example: “He met with his coachee every week and some progress was made. My first encounter with this word was in The Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt etal... Read More

How Long

Posted on January 8, 2021January 4, 2021 by Simon

“How long are you going to wait before you demand the best from yourself?” Epictetus, Stoic Philosopher (circa 50-135AD) Photo is of a pair of Inukshuk along the Merced River in Yosemite f... Read More

Life is Short

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Simon

“Life isn’t short. We just waste a lot of it.” Seneca, Stoic Philosopher... Read More

Morality

Posted on August 8, 2020July 26, 2020 by Simon

“Morality is a deception practiced upon the simple by the clever.” Yang Chu a Chinese philosopher about the time of Confucius. Photo is two Inukshuk I built in the South Fork of the Merced... Read More

Factfulness

Posted on June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 by Simon

“Witness the secret, silent miracle of human progress.” Hans Rosling in Factfulness When I hike alone I pick up some rocks as I walk along that as a group of five will make a simple Inukshuk. ... Read More

No Exceptions

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Simon

“No generalization is wholly true, not even this one.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Photo is of an Inukshuk I built in the Phoenix Mountain Preserve.... Read More

Words Seldom Seen: Scofflaw

Posted on May 7, 2020May 8, 2020 by Simon

Scofflaw Noun: A person who flouts the law. Examples: VP Mike Pence was a scofflaw about the masks At the Mayo Clinic. Mayor De Blasio was a scofflaw when he went to the gym after ordering all NYC gym... Read More

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