What if we brought beauty instead of politics onto our lawns?
Ordinary beauty.
If you’ve ever heard a talk given by me in the past year or two, you’ve heard me dwell for a bit on a lovely observation from Roger Scruton on beauty. He points out that there are two kinds of beauty: “The individual, expressive and revealing gesture, and ordinary harmony and fittingness. In everyday life it… Read More »
Patterns, architectural and otherwise, in the Library Project
Title: A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction Author: Christopher Alexander et al. File Under: Architecture, Practical Beauty I’ve been meaning to write about this book for a long time — ever since my friend Christina lent me her copy. Since we are (loosely) exploring the idea of beauty here on the blog, it seemed like… Read More »
Decorating books — and beauty (and Pinterest) — in the Library Project
Title: Country Houses of Sweden Authors: Barbara and Rene Stoeltie File Under: Foundational, Making Things Pretty I’ve been traveling to speak and sell books — and staying with kind people who take me in, because I don’t like hotels* and I figure that it’s win-win — they save the money for the group… Read More »
Chitchat and another “way of beauty” giveaway!
Today’s giveaway is at the end of the post. It’s “sneaky exciting” — at first you may not realize what it is, but then you will. Please check it out! Last week Bridget came home for a brief visit, and so I had to be sure that things were all cleaned up for her. No,… Read More »