I had planned on writing something witty and profound this weekend. Somehow it had something to do with this picture, or I wouldn’t have taken it. But I have managed to completely forget what it was I had intended to write, so you all will have to make do with second rate material. Please excuse Click Here to continue reading.
The essay of the week brought to mind Robert Frost’s famous meditation on the end of the world.
While Corbusier and I have some similar criticisms of New Urbanism he takes issue with my statement that New Urbanism is doomed to failure. He argues that New Urbanism should be considered successful because of its commercial success. As he puts it…
Although I’ve expressed skepticism on some of the results promised by proponents of New Click Here to continue reading.
I’ve kind of been Absent Without Leave, haven’t I? Though I prefer to think of it as M.I.A. (Missing In Action), because just because I haven’t been writing doesn’t mean I haven’t been doing things and thinking things. I was doing so well, for a while there, keeping up on posting once a week. But Click Here to continue reading.
Every now and again, a poet will ask his audience for thoughts on his poem. This has always struck me as a vaguely indecent proposition. It’s rather as if someone stood before you fully clothed and asked for a commentary on their body. Technically all modesty is preserved, but it’s still a rather awkward request.
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This week’s poem of the week is Andrew’s poem on the envy of the blind by those who can see.
This is one artist’s rendering of a Boyar. Though I don’t know how historically accurate it is.
I liked the moodiness of it.
To see the original go here. To learn more about the Artist go here.
Over at Architecture + Morality (they changed the “and” to the plus sign) Corbusier has a new post up called “What Makes a Community: The Problem of Property Ownership and New Urbanism.” As usual, Corbusier’s post is excellent and long overdue. (How come all the Click Here to continue reading.
To see the above picture in its original go here.
Concrete staining can produce some beautiful floors as the above photograph can attest. Maineloft produced that floor by using Scofield’s products. But there are many other products out there that you can use. Going by what I have read, all of them seem to produce Click Here to continue reading.
“Pirates” is not a poem for the ages. But when I read it, I could not help but think of our clan.
