Atlanta, GA June 21, 2020 This abominable year is only half done, but since it started we feel like we’ve already lived several. And, in a way, we have. As I heard it put recently… We’ve endured a 1918 pandemic, a 1929 depression, 1968 riots, a 2000 bubble, a 2008 crash. And that’s just since […]
Glenn, MI June 14, 2020 Yesterday, for a few hours in the early afternoon, we made ourselves scarce. This slice of paradise is, alas, for sale. As it is being spruced up and shown off, we make a point to head out. During a planned showing earlier in the week, we spent an hour walking […]
Glenn, MI June 12, 2020 Our schizophrenic lake had shown only one personality. For three days, it was calm, quiet, and serene, like a strait-laced, buttoned-up librarian on a Sunday in Mayfield. Barely a ripple ruffled its smooth surface. The sky was clear and the air was still. Tuesday night, the library closed and the […]
Glenn, MI June 9, 2020 Blaise Pascal surmised that “All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.” We are spending more time in open air than in quiet rooms, but agree a constant quest for action can be destructive. So can Lake Michigan. Winter and waves destroyed the […]
Glenn, MI June 7, 2020 As a headline had it during the SpaceX launch last week, it’s a good time to get away from Earth. That’s impractical for us, so we did the next best thing…and ran away from the world. We needed a change of scenery, and some open space, so have returned to […]
Nice, France October 12, 2005 I was ensconced for two days in a high hamlet below the Alps and above the sea. I now write from the eclectic city of Nice, nestled comfortably in between. This is my first visit since Rita and I were here several years ago. My excuse is the bi-annual meeting Unisys hosts […]
Atlanta , GAMay 30, 2020 Last Monday politicians plied the usual platitudes honoring those who “gave their lives so we can be free”, even as they ordered us to cower in our homes, keep away from others, or hide under a mask. As Pat Buchanan put it, we are treated like children awaiting permission to […]
Los Angeles, CA May 30, 2011 We have never had good luck at LAX. Sixteen years ago, when we lived on Telegraph Hill, our aunt called us within a week of Thanksgiving. She wanted us to join her in Malibu for the holiday. Being tired, and looking forward to a long weekend at home, we […]
The Effect of Greek Mathematics on the Palladian Villa By John D. Breen Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Architecture March 1999 The effect of mathematics on architecture seems at once obvious and opaque. The apparent significance may be deduced by noting the symmetry inherent in Renaissance structures and in the details of the arches […]
By John D. Breen Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Economics April 1998 What follows is a description of characteristics and features of Sonoma County, California, to be utilized primarily for economic analysis. As a thorough comprehension and useful application of the traditional economic information cannot be attained without an appreciation for the area to […]