On the Ball
“Old age is when you still have something on the ball, but you are just too tired to bounce it.” Author Unknown The photo is of the famous Crested Saguaro at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix.
Force
“The first rule of civilized international relations is that a country does not seize another country’s territory by force.” Kevin Williamson
What’s Happening
“Anything that can happen can happen to you.”
Haiku #13
Cactus, rocks and sun Hiking in Arizona Carry more water.
Belief
You can’t reason someone out of a belief that they weren’t reasoned into.
Life Lesson
Technology isn’t life. Spend time with people .. Not with devices.
Smoke Filled Rooms
“It’s time to give the elites a bigger say in choosing the president.” Headline from an OpEd in the Washington Post. Which they later changed because of lots of criticism. Four years ago I agreed with this sentiment. Donald Trump was on the way to being the Republican choice in large part because the primary …
Think
“People would rather die than think. Many do.” Bertrand Russell photo is of a crested Saguaro at the North end of Granite Mountain in Scottsdale. I edited the quote. Changing “men” to “people.” Our language has changed.
3rd Order Saguaro Number 2
This old Saguaro has had a tough life. But it has made it to the third order. We found it in the Maricopa Mountains Wilderness near the trailhead for the Brittlebrush Trail. Maybe the third order Saguaros are more common than crested Saguaro. Time will tell.
Saguaro Cactus Third Order
On Sunday Nurit and I followed up on a lead from Peter and found the rare and very old third order Saguaro Cactus. It has a branch off the trunk and then a branch off the branch and then finally a branch off the second branch. It was the first third order Saguaro we’ve seen. …