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Fall Saturdays. Synonymous with college football games. And not just any – I’m a Big-10 guy. I credit my Grandad on my mom’s side for introducing us to big-time college football. My first game was at the older, smaller Beaver Stadium in State College, PA. The Nittany Lions hosted Ohio University. And the halftime showContinue reading “Fall = College Football”

“Make Beautiful Drawings!” – Karl F. G. DuPuy Last month one of my favorite professors from grad school passed away. He was my thesis director as I pursued my Masters of Architecture at the University of Maryland. I also had the privilege to take Karl’s Urban Design class – one of the most amazing coursesContinue reading “Blood, Sweat & Cheers”

Regret – it’s such a sad concept. It’s the worst part of the “hindsight is 20-20” saying. As I sit here gazing out over a beautiful and calm setting, far removed the awful and unprecedented realities of our world, I think about all the missed opportunities that have come and gone that might have putContinue reading “Regret”

I’m drawn to the ocean the way bugs are drawn to a light. The beach and ocean have such a powerful pull on me. I’m that kind of beach person who does one of three things at the beach – read, stare at the ocean or get in the water, preferably to body surf. IContinue reading “Riding Waves”

(From a FB post from two years ago) Being a great dad is about many things. And as much as we love the hugs and pats-on-the-back, often it’s the kicks-in-the-butt that teach us the most. The year I spent in England between high school and college was the most transformative of my life. It taughtContinue reading “Butt-kicking”

How many people have written about water? I think the answer is somewhere between “a whole bunch” and “lots and lots and lots.” So add me to the count. I am one of those people who is at their absolute happiest when I am near, on or in the water. And judging from the hoardsContinue reading “Level Water”

I accept that one of the aspects of having been alive in this earth for more than a half century, there are many things that I experienced or grew up with that are foreign to many people I know. My first real camera was a hand-me-down from my Uncle George. He had a classic NikonContinue reading “Filters and Lenses”

In late 2003, a small group of architects gathered at one of their houses for a night of cards and conversation.   That group was part of slightly larger group of architects who all worked for the same firm in Baltimore, at that time one of the largest firms in the city.  This group had been meetingContinue reading “What’s Your “Tell””

(Today’s annual pool opening prompted me to post this, from a previous FB post in January) I love our property. Our little acre-and-a-quarter slice of heaven is the main reason we bought the place. It is a lot to take care of. I quickly adopted a more naturalistic approach to property maintenance, over the moreContinue reading “Flora and Fauna, mostly Fauna”

I imagine just about all of us either knows someone or is someone who was not able to participate the way that had planned in one of life’s great “rites of spring” – graduation. (At my high school, we called it “commencement”, but it’s still the same ceremony.) Seniors virtually everywhere have been forced toContinue reading “Quiet Quads”