The Cincinnati 20th Century Show 2018 For better or worse, one thing that defines me is my love of antiques and collectibles. For forty years I’ve spent time nearly every week looking for and discovering relics of design and creativity that help me … [Read more...]
The Cincinnati 20th Century Show 2017
One of the great things about getting older is you start to know what makes you happy. If you are wise… you do as many of those things as possible. Every year around this time I am reminded that one of my favorite places to be happy is the 20th … [Read more...]
Leaps
There are things in life that we can’t not do. I have found when I take a leap of faith because something deep inside tells me I have to do, it always works out. These things I just can’t ignore, as hard as I tried to, end up changing my life in … [Read more...]
Knotty Girls: One man’s love affair with women and wood
David Hostetler couldn’t help himself as he pointed to the tree trunk with protruding lumps and limbs. “There’s a woman in there. There’s a woman in every tree,” he professed. Like a well digger finding water with a divining rod, he would find the … [Read more...]
Embracing the Mystery of Einstein
When I was eight years old, my mother handed me a slip of paper with an Einstein quote: “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would … [Read more...]