Sexting’s Strange Paradox: It’s Just No Fun

It's articles like this that make me always appreciate the true talent, uniqueness and intelligence of New York.  I mean, seriously, the articles hilarious (moms and squares - skip this link).

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The Forgotten Craftsman

"The Beauty of this home is its effortless peace."

"Straightforward, natural, modest and without contrivance, it has the same qualities we admire in a person."

I thought this description of a home was very compelling and restrained.  And I think our homes share if not the realization of this one and its description, at least its aspiration.

"For nearly one hundred years this house near Deltaville, Virginia has welcomed the rising sun to the east and warmed itself by the sun setting in the west. It is one of countless houses of its kind built by unknown craftsmen in Tidewater Virginia.
It may be considered among the finest houses in America, not because it is exceptional but because it is ordinary. The great English architect Philip Webb was unhappy with his design until it looked commonplace. An artistic house is made to behold, a common house is made to be held in our hands.

The beauty of this house comes from the fact that we don’t notice it. The brick clay was dug from a hill nearby, the oak and pine boards were cut from local trees, and the same house was made over and over. Like a wildflower in a thicket, it is without consciousness of beauty, style, or fashion. Straightforward, natural, modest and without contrivance, it has the same qualities we admire in a person.

In Zen there is a saying that at the far end of the road lies effortless peace. The beauty of this house lies in its effortless peace."

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So, I'm feeding some Houzz links to the right hand column of the blog, so as I change out the articles, I figure I'll capture the article in a blog post instead of it just disappearing.


Porthole Windows and Mirrors

Tuscon Modern Rehab

Miami Beach flaunting it's advantages -

Join Us For The March Miami Beach Community Bicycle Ride

Saturday, March 8, 2014

601 5th Street (corner of 5th St & Washington Ave)

Miami Beach, FL  33139

This is what most of the country will be doing next Saturday...

This is what you can do...  

Where would you rather be???

When

9:00 AM SHARP!!!

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Where

Miami Beach Bicycle Center

601 5th Street (corner of 5th St & Washington Ave)

Miami Beach, FL  33139

From the Snow...

to the Sun.

To the upgraded Car Service from Ft Lauderdale...

To Sunny Miami Beach.  

Guess at this point it would be mean to mention I did notice winter is casting a nearly 0 degree week on you Northerners.  Frankly, I just couldn't take it anymore.