Total Solar Eclipse – August 2017
Since I just posted about this week’s Lunar Eclipse, I may as well also post about our 2017 Total Solar Eclipse experience. The United States …
Total Lunar Eclipse – January 2019
Sunday night January 20, 2019 we were treated to relatively clear skies in Louisville, KY for a total lunar eclipse. I stepped outside into the …
Montserrat, Spain
On our recent trip to Spain we made sure to visit Montserrat outside of Barcelona. Most recently featured in Dan Brown’s book Origin our traveling …
Live an Aesthetic Life
Aesthetics “Officially” speaking, Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty and artistic taste. But you don’t have to be a …
Wonder: From Emotion to Spirituality by Robert C. Fuller
A little over a year ago I listened to a podcast on ArtOfManliness.com entitled The Power Of Wonder wherein Brett McKay interviewed the author of …
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El Escorial Library
Our trip to Spain this month found us visiting some incredible sites. One of our notable visits (for me, at least) was the Monastery and …
Romanticism
What is Romanticism? Ask anyone on the street what “Romanticism” is and you’re likely to get replies that include: beautiful flowers, surprise gifts, elegant date …
Biltmore Library
One of my favorite places in the world is the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. It was built by George Washington Vanderbilt II, grandson …
SpaceX – Engineering and Technology Awe & Wonder
What an incredible achievement by private enterprise that inspires and strikes me with awe and wonder . . . (video starts at 8:00 minute mark) …
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Awe & Wonder
A key part of an enriched life is to allow yourself to regularly experience a sense of awe and wonder. Life without wonder is stale …
Bull & Bear Pub
This may seem rather trivial to most (I have to remind myself I’m not writing to “most“), but a large part of my appreciation and …
Kunstkammer/Wunderkammer (Cabinet of Curiosities)
During the Renaissance period Kings, Princes and other aristocrats who had an intellectual and adventurous bent (and wanted to show off their sophistication and wealth), …
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Walker Library of the History of Human Imagination
One of the things that satiates my soul and ignites a spark of excitement, awe and wonder is a gorgeous and robust library. There are …
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What is “Enriched Living?”
I wanted to call this category “Renaissance Living” but didn’t want to appear presumptuous or portray something I’m not. Ideally my attitude over the last …