Ponte San’Angelo, Rome. Italy. “What we have is given by God, and to teach it to others is to return it to Him.” – Bernini Since the...

Vast infinite stillness overcomes you in far west Texas. Earth opens up to the sky exposing deep cuts and gashes and the very space...

Watercolor of Giza by David Roberts, R.A. The thin membrane of darkness belied the turbulence that lay beneath as we drifted down the...

The CCC emboldened young men to pursue physical vigor and spiritual health as it reflected Roosevelt’s belief in the healing power of...

Michael’s Sketch of Villa Capra (Villa Rotunda.) Vicenza, Italy. John Ruskin had once said, “To draw the Leaf, is to know the Forest.”...

A reconstruction of the Roman Forum by our staff co-author, Michael Madsen. To an architect, the Grand Tour had a more spiritual meaning...

John Bisbee – Brunswick – Welding Sculptor* “His Morality found expression in the integrity of his actions.” -Peter Korn Authentic has...

Notre-Dame is one of the Paris, France most famous landmarks, drawing about 13 million visitors a year. Credit Geoffroy Van Der...

Temple of Neptune, Paestum, Italy. By Henri-Pierre-Francois Labrouste. 1828. From Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Beaux-Arts. At a certain...

Louse from Micrographia I recently began reading a book by Lisa Jardine called “The Curious Life of Robert Hooke, The Man Who Measured...

An aerial of Knole house, the earliest parts of the home dating back to 1456. Always moving, never slowing, like a river which carries...

9 de Julio Avenue There is an interesting paradigm about Buenos Aires; that is that people see it, not for what it is, but for what it...

The Last Supper, designed and executed by F.X. Zettler especially for St. Edmund’s Church, Oak Park, Illinois. In 1847, Joseph Gabriel...

The rolling thunder of hooves and the smell of freshly overturned soil ignite the senses. As the equine contestants forge their way down...

Winslow Homer, The Winter Coast, 1890 In the gathering morning I was eager to get out of our house, the blizzard had passed in the...

Watercolor of Rivendell, an elven realm in the Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien. 1937. From Tolkien Maker of Middle-Earth by...

A honey bee gathering pollen. Honeybees are some of nature’s most efficient and effective architects. Due to their ability to process...

There is something very personal about the books that people collect. The books in my library tell a story about who I am, and also who I...

The holiday season in San Antonio is marked by an old Texas tradition as the time to prepare and eat tamales. For years, our family’s...

Mojigangas dance across the Calle Macedonio Alcala in front of Templo de Santo Domingo, Anna Bruce / | © Culture Trip. La Guelaguestza,...