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

The Beech Nut Hut stands on top of Beech Hill in western Rockport. A young Teddy Roosevelt filled the shelves of his room on East 20th...

After recently spending the day at the farm outside of Athens, a small town in north central Texas, it only reinforced the cultural and...

Read Butcher Ranch – Part One “We had a recent article on Houzz, where there was an immense amount of feedback; some on the house that I...

We had a recent article on Houzz, where there was an immense amount of feedback; some on the house that I had designed, yes; but more so,...

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

As I negotiate my way through the crowd I become mute and dumb, so that entrepreneurial tour guides don’t latch on to another hapless...

I awoke one morning to find I had my father’s hands. We often hear others say, “you have your mother’s eyes,” or, “your father’s nose”....

One evening after sitting for hours around a friend’s kitchen table with a bottle of wine (well, maybe two), our laughter quieted to take...

I love Europe in the winter. I’ve seen Paris and Florence in the snow. I’ve seen the gentle rolling English countryside freshly dusted...

In the morning I step out into one of my favorite scenes and settle with a creak into my wicker rocker, the serenity embracing and...