Happy Christmas

Ahh ... Christmas in California.  When I was growing up in Detroit, Christmas meant snowball fights, building snowmen, toboggan rides in Rouge Park, well ... you get the idea.  It was cold and we had lots of snow.

In Northern California, Christmas means sort-of cold and rain.  But I can deal with that.  After years of shoveling snow off driveways and sidewalks I can appreciate a few puddles and Eucalyptus bark trash.  Fortunately the houses in San Francisco get into the spirit and a lot of them decorate with brights lights and wreaths.  Hey, there's even a big tree in Union Square.


But wherever you are, the Christmas story is the same.  God takes pity on the human condition and sends us His son to show us the way of salvation.  And in a deeper sense, He reveals to us that true creation is the reflection/expression of the One Creator.  

Here's my three-legged stool prototype.  It still has a few details that need to be worked out.  But so far it meets the design requirements:  it's comfortable and it uses less materials to perform its function (good old Mies --- "Less is more").