Maxims Privilege SimonSeptember 17, 20210 “The antidote to privilege is competition and opportunity.” William McGurn in the...
Maxims Advice SimonSeptember 15, 20211 "My advice (for what it's worth) for success and happiness: Compete with yourself and root for everybody...
Maxims Eric Hoffer SimonSeptember 14, 20210 "Make sure you write down everything interesting you find." Eric Hoffer, The Longshoreman...
Maxims Allies SimonAugust 31, 20210 Nie mój cyrk, nie moje małpy, “Not my circus, not my monkeys.” Polish saying. A fiberglass Bigfoot...
Maxims Travel SimonAugust 28, 20210 Travel is both a benefit and a curse. page 2 A waterfall in the Olympic Peninsula. There aren’t as many as I...
Maxims Memories SimonAugust 23, 20211 "Memories sweeten with time." R. Kenton Nelson Painting is by my friend Ken Gerst, of blessed memory. I made...
Maxims “The Graveyard of Empire” SimonAugust 16, 20210 ”Afghanistan is the graveyard of empire.” This is a much quoted and often wrongly attributed saying. There...
Family Platitudes on Vacation SimonAugust 10, 20210 The journey is the reward. I found a beach stone that had a beak. After a few days of looking I found another...
Maxims Lavender SimonAugust 7, 20211 "The difference between an ordeal and an adventure is attitude." On the way to the Oregon coast we went looking...