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A Personal Journey—How downsizing upgraded our lives and revealed what's really important to us, in this moment. It may seem counterintuitive, particularly for an architectural…
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Virtual trips allow us to experience places that we may not be able to visit just yet, but may like to go someday; or perhaps…
Honored to have been chosen as my son's interviewee for his 8th grade writing assignment for which he was to interview someone who could recall…
TED Talks: Ideas Worth Spreading continues to be an insightful, educational resource to get us each really thinking about the issues our world faces; a…
People continue to strip away the soul of places along with its natural beauty in favor of generic, sterile development. Our view of the hillside we once enjoyed, is now altered forever. But where do we go from here? (The story below was written before the addition of the Silva Valley interchange. The large oaks…
Presidential Inauguration -- January 2009 I had the incredible privilege of traveling for the 1st time to Washington DC for this year's historic inaugural events. This was a trip of a lifetime. I knew that it would be an experience that I could take with me for the rest of my life. But I had…
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