David Garrett David Garrett: World-class rock violinist performs live in San Diego via photopin (cc) I thought you might enjoy the following two videos of David Garrett, performing Paganini Caprice No. 24 and his arrangement of Beethoven The 5th. I did a post on the gifted and amazing violinist in January 2014 titled "Classical Crossover: The Rock Symphonies of David Garrett."

Gehry's Santa Monica House Gehry House, II via photopin (cc) I found out about Frank Gehry in the early 1980s.  A friend showed me his house. On a sunny Saturday afternoon in California, we drove to Santa Monica with the top down. When we arrived at our destination, my friend slowed the car down to a snail's pace so we wouldn't miss one second of the house.  As we drove by

The Homeless Woman and Her Mysterious Baby There's a homeless woman who occasionally hangs out in a shopping center. She pushes a shopping cart with one hand, and clutches her "baby" swaddled in a blanket with the other. Tonight she's dressed in a lightweight sweater, a skirt, and flip flops--oblivious to the 60 degree weather. She circles the parking lot, calm and content.  She doesn't

Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1895 oddsock via photopin cc You see them on the streets.  You hear them talking incessantly to themselves or shouting obscenities.  You wonder why they don't get treatment, and where are their families? According to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and The Annual Homeless Assessment Report submitted to Congress, there are approximately

Image Credit: Jeremy Brooks via photopin cc For those of you who live in Orange County, CA, or for those of you who want to see what a ten-year plan to end homelessness looks like, here is the link: www.ocpartnership.net/images/website/1064/files/final_ten-year_plan_2012_445.pdf Helen Cameron of Jamboree Housing gave me this link.  She was part of a group who wrote the

Terracotta Warriors in Pits Image Courtesy of Alan J. Stone Pit 1 - The Infantry Terracotta Kneeling Archer Image Courtesy of Alan J. Stone Pit 1, accidentally discovered by the workers in 1974, is the largest of the pits.  Rectangular in shape, it measures approximately 150,000 square feet, or almost the size of three football fields. This section has the majority of the

First Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi Image Credit: Erin Van V via photopin cc Not much information can be found on the controversial and impressive figure of ancient China, First Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi.  His accomplishments were unsurpassed in Chinese history. During his reign, First Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi (pronounced "chin shu hwang dee") conquered six warring