Words Seldom Seen: Omniscient

Posted on February 27, 2024January 8, 2024 by Simon

Omniscient Adjective: Knowing everything. Example: “To the third graders the tour guide appeared omniscient.” Photo is of a very small Inukshuk I built while at a beautiful vineyard in Seb... Read More

Messages

Posted on January 19, 2024January 6, 2024 by Simon

“Even if you don’t like the messenger it doesn’t mean the message is wrong.” Jim Geraghty NR Photo is of a painting in the Silver Oak winery tasting room in Healdsburg, CA.... Read More

An Affliction

Posted on September 28, 2023September 28, 2023 by Simon

“I’m okay if you don’t consider old age an affliction.” My good and thoughtful friend The photo is of the foothills of the Alps from the Bersi Serlina Winery where we stopped to do an ... Read More

The Harvest

Posted on December 16, 2022December 7, 2022 by Simon

“You can’t fake the harvest.” Unknown, credit Mark Zelk for teaching me this one.... Read More

Politics

Posted on October 12, 2022October 11, 2022 by Simon

“Politics rots your brain and corrodes your soul.” Jim Geraghty The wine collection for our wine trip to Bend, OR. last summer.... Read More

Wine and Life

Posted on September 26, 2022September 20, 2022 by Simon

Life is goodWine is goodLife is short and you only get oneWine is plentifulSo is wine better than life? In Bordeaux in August I took a lot of photos of grapes. This is the best one.... Read More

Words Seldom Seen: Calumny

Posted on March 16, 2020March 7, 2020 by Simon

Calumny Noun: A slanderous statement about a person in order to harm their reputation. Examples: “Politicians are often victims of calumny.” “Donald Trump uses Calumny as a weapon.&#... Read More

Taco Tuesday

Posted on November 6, 2019October 31, 2019 by Simon

Taco Tuesday leads to Wine Wednesday Just saying... Read More

Three Day Wine

Posted on February 4, 2019February 1, 2019 by Simon

One evening you open a bottle of wine and drink a glass. It is delicious. The next night the wine is not quite as good and by the third night the wine is almost undrinkable. You drink it anyway becaus... Read More

Wine at Walmart

Posted on December 17, 2018December 10, 2018 by Simon

This is the wine aisle at a Walmart store in Van Wert, Ohio. There is a lot of wine and some of the labels I recognize. J Lohr and Santa Margarita being the ones I bought. The interesting thing is how... Read More

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Simon Burrow

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