Tag: Hiking
The Busy Trap
It is easier to be busy than it is to be productive. The maxim aligns with the photo (it is the blind Squirrel effect). A hatch of Ladybugs on a warm day in December 2010. They were a bit early. You m... Read More
Words Seldom Seen: Anomie
Anomie Noun: Not being in accord with the communities usual customs and standards. Example: “The young man driving without a muffler on his car was showing his anomie.” Pronunciation: a·n... Read More
Simon’s Rules for Hiking
Happy New Year I hope your year is filled with hikes to new places and old, that your knees stay healthy and your head is filled with wonder. About a decade ago I wrote this list of rules for hiking. ... Read More
The Comfort Crisis
The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter is a well written book about how our actions have changed since we were hunter gatherers and the effects of those changes on our happiness and well being. It was r... Read More
Words Seldom Seen: Heterodox
Heterodox Adjective: Not conforming to the accepted or orthodox opinions or beliefs. Example 1: “His Heterodox belief that most politics was unimportant put him outside the mainstream of his coh... Read More
Advice to Hikers
“You are almost there.” Last week Peter and his great dog Mojo hiked with me on the Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial Trail. It was a great hike. The trail was longish, well built and ver... Read More
Words Seldom Seen: Penultimate
Penultimate Adjective: last but one in a series of things; second to last. Example: “The November meeting was the penultimate meeting of 2024.” The photo was taken for me by Debbie G at Ba... Read More
Words Seldom Seen: Pareidolia
Pareidolia Noun: A brain phenomenon in which a person sees or hears something significant in a random image or pattern. Pareidolia is what causes peoples to see faces in inanimate objects. Pronounced ... Read More