More Serendipity

Posted on April 12, 2024March 31, 2024 by Simon

“Be on the lookout for serendipitous moments.” Obligations, commitments, fears and inertia all combine to make us miss the serendipity that surrounds us. Backyard Scuba is a method to surreptiti... Read More

Serendipity

Posted on March 27, 2024March 15, 2024 by Simon

You can’t plan for serendipity But you can leave space for it. This is another of a continuing series of posts about serendipity. Simon and Serendipity are alliterative and I should be able to m... Read More

Words Seldom Seen: Serendipity

Posted on August 28, 2023August 5, 2023 by Simon

Serendipity Noun: The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. Example: If you want to experience serendipity go small and get off the tourist track. My goal when w... Read More

Andrew Goldsworthy

Posted on October 14, 2019September 29, 2019 by Simon

We first saw Andrew Goldsworthy’s stone sculptures at Storm King Art Center so it was a marvelous moment of serendipity when we found two of his pieces on the woodland sculpture trail from the F... Read More

See All of the Covered Bridges in Oregon

Posted on September 30, 2019September 8, 2019 by Simon

Here is a specific idea that combines the directed travel idea from my why we travel writing and the core idea from Arbitrary Stupid Goals. Visit all of the covered bridges in Oregon, walk across each... Read More

Serendipity In April

Posted on May 8, 2019May 7, 2019 by Simon

April 2019 serendipity number one. Visiting the Rose Garden at the Huntington Library at the peak of the first bloom. April 2019 serendipity number two. Antelope Canyon, Page, AZ at noon. It is hot, c... Read More

Directed Travel

Posted on April 30, 2019April 7, 2019 by Simon

In March I wrote a series of entries about travel Here, Here and Here. I had started with the idea that an awful lot of travel was status display. I was wrong. I had underestimated how much travel is ... Read More

Simon Burrow

Quirky thoughts from an old man.

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