You don’t have to send a cake, but a simple thank you would be nice. After all, at college back in 1985, before Jack Bauer came on the scene, I was there keeping you safe. One night, while you were snuggled up
A Close Call
Snowman Ornament 2016 – There has been a Sighting!
Bit warm you say for a snowman sighting? Well, I’ve seen one. Made one, actually. Woo hoo! This year’s snowman ornament is finished! Yep. It is now in a box awaiting a silent night for santa baby to slide it under O’ Tannenbaum
A Haiku Reminder
A Change in Perspective – A Modern, Glass Home on a Mountain, or in a Valley?
What a difference perspective makes! These two images show the same modern, glass house in Sonoma, California photographed from vantage points only fifty feet from one another (same day, same camera, same lens). Naturally, you would think they were two similar
It’s Like Being a Kid Again. The Best Multi-Colored Pencil (and Pen)… Ever
Is it the most beautiful? No. Is it classy? No. This pen is all about function (and memories of that 64 pack of crayons with the sharpener on the back). Need to sign a check? No problem. Color a restaurant
Poets vs. Architects – Part 2
If, like me, you are tired of the graphic images on the nightly news endlessly sensationalizing the skirmishes between architects and poets, then read on. Here is part 2 of my plan to bring both sides together and bridge an unbridgeable rift. How? By extending the olive
In Honor of National Poetry Month… Help Me End the Feud.
Yes, apparently there is a National Poetry month. Who knew? Architecture only has a week – April 12th through the 18th (six days, actually. Not even a whole week). Yep. I know, I know, it’s an outrage. I’m sure National Architecture week
Bring out your Dead! But use the Little Door, Please.
A quaint hill town in Italy called Gubbio sports a mystery. Why do many of the ancient houses lining the narrow, twisting streets have two front doors? Not a single double door, mind you, but two sets of doors, side
Who’s Up for Some Math?
I’ll start you off easy, with a problem from one of Beck’s 2nd grade, weekly math quizzes. {You haven’t even read it, and I can see your eyes have already glazed over! Go on, give it a try.} The solution:
Sorta Makes Me Want to Live in a Monastery
The island of Le Mont Saint Michel, France, leads the pack of the world’s most picturesque monasteries. I’ll have to add sketching the others to my bucket list. Hmm… never been to Tibet. Can’t Get Enough Monastery Humor… A young monk arrives