The Farnsworth House A Glass House in Illinois Completed in 1951, the Farnsworth House, near Plano, Illinois, is widely regarded as one of the major architectural achievements of the twentieth century. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe took his belief that “less is more” almost to the limit by designing a steel-framed, glass-walled box. The box floats…… Continue reading Glass Houses and Buried Museums
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Success Secrets They Don’t Want You to Know
Success is too often defined as celebrity, money, or power.Do SomethingA colleague, an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota, was about to deliver an early morning lecture. He stood in his heavy coat, and pronounced it to be a super frigid day.The students groaned in agreement.He then asked: “What are we going to do about…… Continue reading Success Secrets They Don’t Want You to Know
Tax Prep Day
Tax prep today. A first (for us): we only brought digital records. Then, we celebrated over brunch at Wise Acre Eatery.
Our Traditional Tree
Life, Phase 3, is an opportunity to simplify. Simplification will become a necessity when, one day, we move from our current home to something more manageable. With simplification in mind, we took our bulky Christmas tree to the curb. “Free. Take me.” I was attaching the “take me” sign when a car came to a…… Continue reading Our Traditional Tree
Our Traditional Tree
Wrote about our traditional tree.
New Home for a Christmas Tree
Downsizing today. I was attaching the sign when a lady asked if she could have the tree. We loaded her car, giggling.
Recycling Inkjet Cartridges
I’ve been meaning to do this for years.
Simplification Exception
Weeding shelves today. These are keepers–had them 40 years, Still computer science bedrock, still taught in college.