Time

Posted on July 15, 2024July 14, 2024 by Simon

“If it takes time to happen then it is going to take time.”... Read More

On the Ball

Posted on January 18, 2024January 6, 2024 by Simon

“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... Read More

Life

Posted on December 9, 2022November 13, 2022 by Simon

“90% of life is just showing up.” Woody Allen... Read More

“The Apple of My Eye”

Posted on November 3, 2022October 31, 2022 by Simon

“The Apple of My Eye” was originally used in English and perhaps Hebrew to refer to the pupil of the eye. Sometime in the late middle ages it began to mean something or someone that one va... Read More

Words Seldom Seem: Erstwhile

Posted on August 18, 2022July 11, 2022 by Simon

Erstwhile Adjective: Former. Example: “His erstwhile companions had long since drifted away.”... Read More

Force

Posted on February 23, 2022February 21, 2022 by Simon

“The first rule of civilized international relations is that a country does not seize another country’s territory by force.” Kevin Williamson... Read More

What’s Happening

Posted on February 15, 2022February 14, 2022 by Simon

“Anything that can happen can happen to you.”... Read More

Platitudes

Posted on February 22, 2021February 11, 2021 by Simon

“Don’t bet against the attractiveness of platitudes.” Kyle Smith... Read More

Life Lesson

Posted on October 1, 2020September 30, 2020 by Simon

Technology isn’t life. Spend time with people .. Not with devices.... Read More

History

Posted on May 22, 2020May 21, 2020 by Simon

“Most history is guessing and the rest is prejudice.” Will Durant In Volume One of The Story of Civilization Photo is of a Saguaro Flower. This years bloom is not as big as in past years b... Read More

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Simon Burrow

Quirky thoughts from an old man.

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