A HOME WITH CLASS - what does it mean? I invite all visitors to ask themselves a question: How would you define a home, whether it is an apartment, house, dorm room, or studio? For me, my own home is a palace. This does not mean that it is palatial and richly appointed. It is a palace because my...
I am not one to impose my concept of beauty on others. Even so, I cannot help but be dismayed at the general decline in standards that has occurred over the past 50 years. The “cult of ugly” has descended upon us in seemingly every realm, be that fashion, art, architecture, work, or whatever. Most...
Why should we care about history? Here's a very compelling answer. Marcus Tullius Cicero—Cicero—lived from 106 to 43 b.c. The speaker, the philosopher, and the Roman politician, Cicero said "Historia magistra vitae est," which nearly word-for-word means "History is the teacher of life."