I recently ordered a four-pack of these after my first two died. I’d gotten more than a year from the first two and I was quite happy with their performance. The jury’s out on the replacements, though,

I love your photos, especially this one. There is nothing more precious than a child and this picture warms my heart. It reminds me of my daughter. Thank you for posting photos that bring a little joy

I have been thinking about this post for several days and trying to formulate my thoughts to reply, but I finally decided to just spew them out rather than make them too tidy, so here goes: I visited Rome

I agree with you about small beginnings. In another area of my life a mentor told me we tend to overestimate what we can accomplish in 1 year and underestimate what we can accomplish in 5 years. I think

I agree entirely. They definitely didn't subscribe to the idea of planned obsolescence back then!

I find your clarification of the goal of Korean Buddhist architecture, to connect the whole “scene” noticed by the observer with Buddhist teaching of the ephemeral nature of life, to be very interesting.