The down escalator is faster than the up escalator. That’s the saying of a friend of mine. The first time I heard him say it, I was caught off guard. “What was that? The down escalator?” He was referring to the ability we have to accumulate debt versus our ability to accumulate savings. Compare your…
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News from The Villa
How do you decide what colour to paint a wall? When we were buying our lovely home, Philip asked us to pick one colour—our base colour—and he would paint all the walls the same. We landed on Repose Grey, a rather lovely shade, which we have used as our base for matching other things. But…
Can you be cynically healthy?
I’ve been batting this one around in my own thoughts…is it okay to be cynical? Is there anything wrong with this? Can one be cynically healthy? I “googled” cynicism and got these quotes (and a few more): “Cynicism (Kυνισμός) was originally the philosophy of a group of ancient Greeks called the Cynics, founded by Antisthenes….
Hybrid Thoughts 