The remains of a former building can stir the imagination. The Roman Theatre in Orange France built in the early first century AD, could hold 10,000 spectators. The statue of a Roman emperor over looking the audience reminds us of…
When Europeans first saw North America, what many reported seeing was a vast, empty space. When many North Americans visit Europe for the first time, they are enthralled by the history of the place. How one interprets what they see…
The definition of a landscape typically situates it’s subject matter in a natural setting. Certainly having land embedded in the term encourages us to take that view. Yet as we approach the details, the definition becomes malleable, like a bowl of jelly,…
I read, on my local newspaper’s Facebook page, a complaint from a customer about not receiving a paper for the last two days. (I subscribe to the digital edition; it keeps my hands clean.) The complaint brought to mind my…
Opinion: I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration The New York Times Opinion piece recalls for us the stories of Robin Hood’s resistance to King John, or Princes Leia’s resistance to the Empire. Pitting good against evil;…