Blogs from Dallas, Texas, United States, North America

I got up early for some photography. I was hoping for a location where there is some water reflecting the skyline, however the river in question was almost non-existent. Apparently, there has not been a drop of rain here for months and they are on the verge of a severe drought. Strangely, the news this morning is continuing to report on horrific flooding in Kentucky, which is not that far (by US standards) from here. They also mentioned a huge amount of rain in Death Valley, which I imagine is very unusual. We had wondered why this hotel was quite expensive compared to the others we have stayed in and now we have found out. There is a three day conference taking place for independent beauty consultants, so it is extremely busy. We also heard on ... read more

On the road again – wait a minute, we are rarely on the road because we fly. But this time we are doing a 21 day road trip to TX, then AZ, and back just in time for the next Lutheran Marriage Encounter April 22-24. On Friday we pulled out at 7 to sleet and some snow all the way south past Columbus. It was fascinating to see the leaves on the trees getting more and more prominent with each hour driving south. By Cincinnati we saw daffodils. By Louisville KY redbuds, and then forsythia. We discovered that KY is divided into two time zones! And that the National Corvette Museum AND the Fruit of the Loom headquarters are in Bowling Green. By Nashville we were also learning about the Nachez Trace, which is evidently a ... read more

I'm going to break with tradition during this football season and write about a place where I didn't attend a game. I’ve written about Art Deco in the past, but this blog is exclusively about that architectural style. On a recent episode of The Man in the High Castle, one of the characters states the following nugget: “Architecture isn’t just about buildings.” This is probably one of the most important things to understand about architecture. It makes statements. It inspires. Art Deco, short for the French phrase arts decoratifs, was a movement in art and architecture from the 1920s through the 1940s. It was meant to be a break from what had gone on before. It was about efficiency, but also grandeur. It was about domination, but simplicity. The artists of the 1920s wanted modernity, and ... read more

Geo: 32.778, -96.7956... read more

We have been a little too much walking around and in the car the last few days, so not much time to write any blog. You have I guess most of you follow the sad news in Texas about hurricane Harvey the last few days. Harvey has so far mainly hit the coast and the city of Houston, this could be as bad or even worst than Katrina in New Orleans year ago, only time will tell and we are sad for all those people who lost everything. We did not get any close to Houston. I have landed in the past there, but this time, we are driving from East to West. Our first day was the long drive from Albuquerque to Midland. Why Midland? Well, we needed to stop somewhere after more than 6 ... read more