Russia

Posted on April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 by Simon

“Russia is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” Winston Churchill Nothing much has changed since Churchill made this cryptic remark roughly 75 years ago. Putin has different goals an... Read More

Congress Moves

Posted on March 4, 2024February 28, 2024 by Simon

“Like all other large bodies, where there is a variety of different interests to reconcile, their deliberations are slow.“ George Washington, 1783 During the winter of 1783 Congress was di... Read More

Empires

Posted on February 13, 2023February 12, 2023 by Simon

“Empires have no interest in operating within an international system; they aspire to be the international system.” Henry Kissinger This applies to Russia, China and probably the USA. Another Inuk... Read More

Russia/Ukraine

Posted on October 27, 2022October 26, 2022 by Simon

I belong to Postcrossing and many of the active members are from Russia and Ukraine. It has been an interesting year for them and for the administrators of the group. I recently received two cards tha... Read More

WWIT about Ukraine

Posted on February 28, 2022February 28, 2022 by Simon

Four or five days ago Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine without provocation. He is running into more resistance than he expected and the financial and military worlds are in turmoil.Even I am looking at ... Read More

Words Seldom Seen: Casus Belli

Posted on February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 by Simon

Casus Belli Noun: “An act or situation provoking or justifying war.” Example: “Putin is looking for a plausible casus belli to justify a full scale invasion of Ukraine.”... Read More

WorldSkills

Posted on November 9, 2019November 3, 2019 by Simon

WorldSkills I got a Postcrossing postcard from Kazan, Russia that was an advertising card for the 45th Annual WorldSkills Competition. It fascinated me both that I had never heard of it and that it is... Read More

Words Seldom Seen: Enigmatic

Posted on April 29, 2019April 1, 2019 by Simon

Enigmatic Adjective: A mysterious or puzzling person, situation or statement. From enigma. Example: “Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” Winston Churchill ... Read More

How I Travel

Posted on March 27, 2019March 4, 2019 by Simon

On May 1, 2015 we went to Keukenhof Gardens in the Netherlands and serendipity happened. It was Nurit’s birthday, the tulips were in bloom the sun was shining and there weren’t many people... Read More

Perplexed

Posted on August 30, 2018August 17, 2018 by Simon

In Russia today Stalin is the bad guy. The dead Tsar is a Saint. Lenin who killed the Tsar is still a hero. Putin is a popular politician and Simon is perplexed.... Read More

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Simon Burrow

Quirky thoughts from an old man.

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