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Tag: VW Van

Universal Education

Posted on December 27, 2023December 5, 2023 by Simon
“Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.” G. M. Trevelyan The author wrote this in the 1950’s now we have an even vaster popula... Read More

Bad Timing

Posted on November 4, 2022October 31, 2022 by Simon
“Old age comes at a bad time.” San Banducci Operator of the hungry i Nightclub in San Francisco in the 1960’s My dream car and a symbol of the 1960’s. Photo taken in the Guggen... Read More

Home

Posted on May 26, 2021May 21, 2021 by Simon
“Home is where you are happy!”... Read More

Travel Three

Posted on August 19, 2020July 26, 2020 by Simon
“Only profound and modest minds can leave their cultures behind them when they travel.” Will Durant The Story of Civilization Book One... Read More

Hanukkah (The Last Night)

Posted on December 10, 2018December 7, 2018 by Simon
Giving gifts at Hanukkah is a fairly new tradition. In the past small coins were given to children, they played dreidel with them and the winner was expected to give some of the money to Sedakah. This... Read More

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