Japan – Simon Burrow

Postcards

Happy New Year

SimonDecember 31, 20250

"Our actions become our habits." Plato (and many others) Happy New...

Travel

SimonDecember 19, 20250

Cerumen Noun: A scientific word for what is commonly called earwax. Example: "Earwax — which is not really...

DECLINE

SimonDecember 18, 20250

If you prepare for old age, old age comes...

Maxims

SimonDecember 8, 20250

Hungry stomachs growl the same...

Travel

SimonDecember 5, 20250

Noumenal Adjective: Real, not imaginary. Example: The noumenal is easier to understand than the...

Maxims

SimonDecember 4, 20250

The federal deficit (now nearly two trillion dollars per year) is a tax on the...

Signs

SimonDecember 3, 20250

In the United States we would say "Do not enter" or "One Way." In Japan, the worlds most polite nation, they...

Hiking

SimonDecember 1, 20250

Serendipity is not...

SimonNovember 28, 20250

Anosmia Noun: Absence or loss of the sense of smell. Example: "Anosmia made it difficult for Simon to cook...

SimonNovember 25, 20250

"In the modern climate, rights always trump duties." Theodore Dalrymple in Life at the...

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