“Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.” G. M. Trevelyan The author wrote this in the 1950’s now we have an even vaster population and they mostly can read but don’t bother they watch video instead. So it goes. The photo is from the front of a Christmas card I received a decade or so ago. My dream car is a classic VW van.
Sugarplum Happy Christmas to all. Noun: A hard candy filled with dried fruits and nuts. No plums are involved. Example: The Sugarplums made using grandma’s ancient recipe were almost as good as Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.” Ten or fifteen years ago I made a series of “Simon in a wreath” photos. This is one of them. Probably on a walk in San Marino CA.
Humans need holidays. As soon as a society gets to surplus it starts to have festivals. In the Christian world Christmas tops the list. I’m not a Christian but I love your holiday. Merry Christmas “And to all a goodnight.” Photo is of a Poinsettia tree in the local Mall.
“Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling” Edna Ferber Be kind and agreeable. In this holiday season you can’t go far wrong by doing the opposite of what Donald Trump would do. Photo was taken a few years ago in Phoenix. My dream car decorated.
“If you love someone, hurry up and show it!”
“Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling” Edna Ferber Happy Christmas Simon Repost of Christmas 2014.
“If you choose not to find the joy in Progressive ideas you will have less joy in your life but still the same number of Progressive ideas.” Adapted from Winnie the Pooh: “If you choose not to find the joy in snow you will have less joy in your life but still the same amount of snow.”Christopher Robin (A.A. Milne) Tip of the hat to Paul Dietz for using the Milne quote in his weekly Maxim.
In the late 1960s when I was a hippie carpenter in upstate NY I drove a VW van like this. It had a terrible heater and in the winter when I was driving home drunk late at night I would almost freeze to death. Those were the good old days. Merry Christmas
Detritus outside a bar in Tempe on New Years Day
The week between Christmas and New Year needs a name. And each of the days needs a name also. The day after Christmas is not Wednesday. Most people are not doing their Wednesday stuff. It falls into that festive nether time. It is really more like a Saturday. But we can’t have seven Saturdays. So the days in the festive time need new names.Read More »Naming The Holiday Festival
♫♪ He sees you when your speeding. ♫♪ Seen on a notice board on the 51 Freeway in Phoenix. Nice touch. Thanks! Photo credit to Arizona Hiking Group on Facebook.