And another Tuesday Treasure, the Ennis House by Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Angeles CA.
This is a 10 minute tour of the inside of his last Mayan-inspired designs. Unfortunately there are ads thrown at you, but I recommend using a mute button. Oh I forgot to mention it is for sale, in case you have $23 million.-----------------
A clay artist whom I admire and have visited several years ago, Akira Satake, lost his studio in Asheville. Here's a clip of his work and philosophy which was taken at his Swannanoa home before Hurricane Helene.
I don't know how to add a clip that's a Vinmeo...so here's the link.
https://vimeo.com/846373243?&login=true
Akira welcomed me and my son and his (son's) clay teacher, Brian Ramson into his home a few years back, and showed us his small studio and huge kiln at that time. I've even bought a few very small pieces of his work.
Asheville's River Arts district was 80% destroyed, and housed more than 300 artist's studios and warehouses.
Here's an editorial piece about how Asheville had a flood in 1916 and made some efforts in 2004 to mitigate flooding. Will we Even try to prevent future flooding?
At noon our little nearby town of Swannanoa had lots of dignitaries descend upon it, with all local as well as interstate traffic closed down so tRump could come make a speech with the GOP senator and representative and Franklin Graham (not like his father Billy Graham I've been told) standing behind him. He gave the speech about 10 feet from his big SUV with some debris piled in the background. Less than 6 minutes.
It was well covered by WLOS including our Governor Cooper (D) saying tRump lied about the lack of help from the government after the disaster. Here's the link: https://www.wlos.com/news/local/donald-trump-tours-helene-storm-damage-north-carolina-swannanoa-election-day-kamala-harris-campaign#
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Today's quote:
When we live with intent, we own our actions; instead of habitually performing them.
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Pet parade in Black Mountain in 2023 and yes it is scheduled again for 2024!
Walking in the Parade is free & starts at 3. Registration for the Costume Contest starts at 1:30 and just $8. Great prizes donated by local businesses! Proceeds to benefit Rusty’s Legacy.
