
Pen and Shovel
Pen and Shovel is a place to celebrate beautiful things and ponder how they came to be. We discuss objects, places, events, stories, music, etc.
About/ Purpose
Pen and Shovel is a place to celebrate beautiful things and ponder how they came to be. We discuss objects, places, events, stories, music, etc. — anything that is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent and worthy of praise. We consider what talent, training, discipline and teamwork moved them from an idea to reality and how the process of making amplifies and, sometimes, reshapes the idea.

Recent Podcasts
Our Blogs
Blog III: Remembering Why Architecture Matters
I’ve been an architect for over 30 years. As president of a growing firm, my job long ago stopped being designing and creating. These days its business plans and...
Blog II: Control in Art and Architecture
Over the 34 years I’ve practiced architecture, some friends have commented enviously on the blending of the pragmatic and the artistic in designing buildings. It’s a fair question. Dictonary.com...
Blog 1: Beauty is the Gateway to Truth
I was born in 1964. Statistically, 1964 is considered the last year for baby boomers to be born. So my life has spanned the evolution from three TV networks...
X: A Weekend in Miami with Friends: Taking in Art Basel