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@rodlhowe

Architecture, place, land, history, culture, community and the environment. P.L.A.C.E. - people, land, architecture, culture and the environment.

Joined February 2011
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"What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose." Willa Cather, b. 12/7/1873


"It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it." Rainer Maria Rilke, b. 12/4/1875


"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." Winston Churchill, b. 11/30/1874


"The more simple we are, the more complete we become." Auguste Rodin, 11/12/1840


"The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition." Carl Sagan, b. 11/9/1934


"Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again." Dorothy Day, b. 11/8/1897


"You have to see and smell and feel the circumstances of people to really understand them." Kamala Harris, b. 10/20/1964


"Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for training." Lewis Mumford, b. 10/19/1895


"It's very important that we re-learn the art of resting and relaxing. Not only does it help prevent the onset of many illnesses that develop through chronic tension and worrying; it allows us to clear our minds, focus, and find creative solutions to problems." Thich Nhat Hanh


"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'" Eleanor Roosevelt, 10/11/1884


I am a big Verne Morton fan. Here is the Morton family homestead in Groton, NY. He was born on 10/9/1868. More at: nyheritage.org/collections/ve….

rodlhowe's tweet image. I am a big Verne Morton fan. Here is the Morton family homestead in Groton, NY. He was born on 10/9/1868. More at: nyheritage.org/collections/ve….

"The home should be the treasure chest of living." Le Corbusier, b. 10/6/1887


"Everyone is aware that most of the built environment today lacks a natural order, an order which presents itself very strongly in places that were built centuries ago." Christopher Alexander, b. 10/4/1936


"My life is my message." Mahatma Gandhi, b. 10/2/1869


"Trees are contagious; as soon as one neighborhood or street is planted, citizen pressure builds up for action from the next street." William H. Whyte


“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens." CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON


"I think one thing is that prayer has become more useful, interesting, fruitful, and... almost involuntary in my life." Mary Oliver, b. 9/10/1935


"The one thing I wanted to do more than anything else was sing country music." Patsy Cline, b. 9/8/1932


“Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know.” William Saroyan, b. 8/31/1908


“If it’s going to be a world with no time for sentiment, it’s not a world that I want to live in.” Christopher Isherwood, b. 8/26/1904


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