The palace impresses first with its early date of 1430. It is a dramatic advance in concept, style and spaciousness compared to all preceding European palaces. It has been standing almost six centuries yet we find it pleasing and rhythmic, with no inferiority of design or proportion. It has become such a timeless classic that […] Read more

After a very late night in Nashville, which ended with me sleeping for a few hours just inside the door of my hotel room, I somehow piloted the rental car to Atlanta, where I finally dropped it off. Before returning the keys I ran my eyes across the now dusty Precision Red Impala and reflected […] Read more

On one’s journey of spiritual growth, one must often take new, unfamiliar actions, in consonance with one’s new world view. Behaving differently than one has behaved before may represent an extraordinary personal risk. The passive young man for the first time asks a girl for a date. The person who has never trusted anyone lies […] Read more

On one’s journey of spiritual growth, one must often take new, unfamiliar actions, in consonance with one’s new world view. Behaving differently than one has behaved before may represent an extraordinary personal risk. The passive young man for the first time asks a girl for a date. The person who has never trusted anyone lies […] Read more

“Send me anywhere, James,” Garret groaned. “Anywhere but here.” He turned towards his younger brother, Edward, as they strode towards the steps of the massive, new, Palladian mansion commissioned by the recently successful industrial revolutionary, George Trent, father of the bride. “Edward,” he grabbed his brother’s shoulder, twisting the beautiful, fawn coat, and halted him […] Read more

It may be hard to believe, but our climate today is mild. Since the last Ice Age just 10,000 years ago, the sea and the sky have conspired to keep that ice at bay. The oceans bring us our weather. But more than that, they are part of a vast and mysterious system that keeps […] Read more

It may be hard to believe, but our climate today is mild. Since the last Ice Age just 10,000 years ago, the sea and the sky have conspired to keep that ice at bay. The oceans bring us our weather. But more than that, they are part of a vast and mysterious system that keeps […] Read more

Earth is in the midst of its sixth mass extinction: Somewhere between 30 and 159 species disappear every day, thanks largely to humans, and more than 300 types of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians have vanished since 1500. These rates do not bode well for the future of life on our planet, but what if […] Read more

The Seagram Museum, located on the site of the original Joseph E. Seagram distillery, incorporates industrial and architectural heritage dating back to the late 1800s. The combination of an original barrel warehouse and a new main exhibition building, results in a 40,000 square foot museum structure that won a 1986 Governor General’s medal for architecture […] Read more