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Flurries of Snow Turning Over to Rain
So far, the winter of 2012 is a non-event; the second warmest on record in Boston, with the least amount of snowfall ever. Those flat chilly days that seemed to go on for months in February’s past are now just … Continue reading
Happy Birthday House
Twenty years ago this week we bought the house where I live, a typically Cantabridgian, convoluted piece of real estate. It is a single building with a mammoth party wall; three flats on one side and a three story ‘owner’s’ … Continue reading
The Case for Being an Architect
In January the Georgetown University Center of Education and the Workforce reported that students with a Bachelor in Architecture have the highest unemployment rate among all college graduates, 13.9%. The statistic went viral in architectural circles, recycling the same professional … Continue reading
Searching for Ourselves in Great Books
Every year, as an exercise in discipline and self-improvement and to gain some of the liberal arts education I lacked as an MIT tool, I read a great book. Not something defined as great by the whims of popular culture, … Continue reading
2011 – The Year of Living Consicously
If Socrates’ maxim “an unexamined life is not worth living” rings true, I lived 2011 with a vengeance. January Abby and I visit Haiti for a week to lay out the foundations of the Be Like Brit orphanage. We stop … Continue reading
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Grateful
Christmas is a day of spiritual thanksgiving; a day to be grateful for all we have not just in terms of our bounty, but in terms of our soul. Grateful is a straightforward adjective, an expression of thanks for gifts … Continue reading
Paralysis
November came and went without a single blog posting; the longest lapse since I began. My objective is one post a week, on Sunday, with daily posts during periods of personal intensity. So, what made me stop posting? It is … Continue reading
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Fortune Cookie
Americans are most fortunate. We get the lion’s share of the three billion fortune cookies produced (manufactured, baked?) in the world every year. That is almost ten fortune cookies per American. I certainly get my ten a year, maybe more, … Continue reading
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Return of The Awkward Poser
The Awkward Poser has not posted in many weeks. During that period the confluence of project deadlines hit a fury I have never encountered in all my years as an architect. I have travelled to Baltimore and Tampa, Rochester and … Continue reading
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The Elegant Plan
I have the misfortune of having to work this weekend. For three days (all hail Patriot’s Day) it is just me and my computer, the tunes from my boom box and the terrific view from my desk overlooking the world … Continue reading
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