Louie and I could hardly wait to get out and walk this morning.  Perfect fall weather beckoned us but we did notice a few unusual things. There seems to be a bumper crop of squirrels this year and they… Continue reading →

“My daughter has a dog like yours,” the man said as he sat down on the park bench next to me. He held his hand out for Louie to sniff. “Hers barks . . . a lot.”

I laughed. “Don’t… Continue reading →

We are now faced with the story of the month or the year or the century in the art world.  It is the discovery of a drawing under serious consideration as being the work of Leonardo da Vinci. … Continue reading →

Sixty years ago there was a cry for urban housing for people who lived in squalid conditions in the center city of St. Louis, the city in which I grew up.  A housing project based on the Modernist concepts… Continue reading →