Scenes in a gloomy citadel: Laertes pushes a broom over the faux-stone floor because somebody has to do it. Polonus…
My lost cause of choice
For reasons I cannot fathom, the San Felasco Planning Section – basically an affiliation of local planners – invited me…
Develop the Power District locally, organically
What to do about that big, ugly, decaying industrial complex between downtown and Depot Park? Say, what if we rehabbed…
Somewhere along the road
This past couple of years I’ve been spending a lot of time driving between Gainesville and Melbourne to visit my…
Reflections on a university city
Every time I’m on University Avenue I am reminded of how much I hate that tall ugly building. It doesn’t…
Somewhere is a lake
We first came to this intimate little lake tucked into the hill and farm country just south of Perth, Ontario,…
Water, iron and rust
It’s only about a half hour’s drive from the cabin we are staying in on Otty Lake, Ontario, to Smith…
The sun also sets
It has been raining all day here on Otty Lake, Ontario. A dull, gray, constant downpour that dampens the soul…
Encounter at The Narrows
It was but a 12-mile cycle from the cabin we had rented on Otty Lake, just south of Perth, Ontario,…
Music, message and kitsch
You can’t just pass through the Catskills without spending at least some time in Woodstock. It’s the law I think.…
