Christmas

🌽 What connects football to politics in Nebraska? It shouldn't be hard to answer that question: the philosopher behind the buildings is one and the same. Last Saturday say Nebraska sweep Wisconsin in volleyball and the Huskers will finally go bowling again.

🏛️ Two weeks ago we launched our book  𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤. 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 21 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐚 on the panels on the exterior of the Nebraska State Capitol. It was amazing to see a house at Lincoln's own Francie & Finch. Huge shootout to their team and their cooperation as we were struggling to get those books across the pond. And a big thank you to all those people that came and listened and talked and exchanged thoughts. Amazing!

💐 The voyage from original idea to seeing those books being unpacked in unreal: hours of research meet hours of designing/choosing the cover, paper and printing directions. The copy you hold in your hand has been carefully crafted and gone through many stages .

🎄 With the Holiday season ahead of us give a gift that is meaningful, educational and beautiful. This book has been six years in the making: the beauty and the richness of the stories on the exterior of the Capitol will fuel your curiosity and make you think. The Good Life: it is real.

𝑅𝘦𝑎𝘥𝑖𝘯𝑔 𝑖𝘴 𝘵ℎ𝘦 𝘨𝑎𝘵𝑒𝘸𝑎𝘺 𝘵𝑜 𝑎 𝑏𝘳𝑜𝘢𝑑𝘦𝑟 𝑢𝘯𝑑𝘦𝑟𝘴𝑡𝘢𝑛𝘥𝑖𝘯𝑔 𝑜𝘧 𝘣𝑒𝘢𝑢𝘵𝑖𝘧𝑢𝘭 𝘴𝑝𝘦𝑒𝘤ℎ 𝑎𝘯𝑑 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑐𝘰𝑙𝘭𝑒𝘤𝑡𝘪𝑣𝘦 𝘸𝑖𝘴𝑑𝘰𝑚 𝑜𝘧 𝘨𝑟𝘦𝑎𝘵 𝘮𝑖𝘯𝑑𝘴. 𝐼𝘵 𝘨𝑎𝘷𝑒 𝑐𝘪𝑣𝘪𝑙𝘪𝑧𝘢𝑡𝘪𝑜𝘯 𝘪𝑡𝘴 𝘱𝑢𝘳𝑝𝘰𝑠𝘦 𝘢𝑛𝘥 𝘪𝑛𝘴𝑡𝘪𝑙𝘭𝑒𝘥 𝘱𝑟𝘪𝑑𝘦 𝘪𝑛 𝑛𝘢𝑡𝘪𝑜𝘯𝑎𝘭 𝘵𝑟𝘢𝑑𝘪𝑡𝘪𝑜𝘯:
𝘍𝑜𝘳 𝘪𝑡 𝑖𝘴 𝘯𝑜𝘵 𝘰𝑛𝘭𝑦 𝑓𝘳𝑜𝘮 𝘳𝑒𝘢𝑑𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘵ℎ𝘢𝑡 𝑤𝘦 𝘨𝑒𝘵 𝘰𝑢𝘳 𝘧𝑢𝘭𝑙𝘦𝑟 𝑎𝘱𝑝𝘳𝑒𝘤𝑖𝘢𝑡𝘪𝑜𝘯 𝘰𝑓 𝑏𝘦𝑎𝘶𝑡𝘪𝑓𝘶𝑙 𝑠𝘱𝑒𝘦𝑐𝘩, 𝑏𝘶𝑡 𝑖𝘵 𝘪𝑠 𝑟𝘦𝑎𝘥𝑖𝘯𝑔 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝘤ℎ 𝑜𝘱𝑒𝘯𝑠 𝑢𝘱 𝘵𝑜 𝑢𝘴 𝘵ℎ𝘦 𝘷𝑎𝘴𝑡 𝑓𝘪𝑒𝘭𝑑𝘴 𝘰𝑓 ℎ𝘪𝑠𝘵𝑜𝘳𝑦 𝑎𝘯𝑑 𝑝𝘩𝑖𝘭𝑜𝘴𝑜𝘱ℎ𝘺 𝘢𝑛𝘥 𝘱𝑜𝘦𝑡𝘳𝑦, 𝘢𝑛𝘥 𝘢𝑙𝘭 𝘰𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝘵 𝘨𝑟𝘦𝑎𝘵 𝘪𝑛𝘩𝑒𝘳𝑖𝘵𝑎𝘯𝑐𝘦 𝘰𝑓 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑜𝘶𝑔𝘩𝑡 𝑜𝘧 𝘨𝑟𝘦𝑎𝘵 𝘮𝑖𝘯𝑑𝘴 𝘢𝑛𝘥 𝘵ℎ𝘦 𝘳𝑒𝘤𝑜𝘳𝑑𝘴 𝘰𝑓 𝑔𝘳𝑒𝘢𝑡 𝑎𝘤ℎ𝘪𝑒𝘷𝑒𝘮𝑒𝘯𝑡𝘴 𝘸ℎ𝘪𝑐𝘩 𝘨𝑖𝘷𝑒 𝑐𝘪𝑣𝘪𝑙𝘪𝑧𝘢𝑡𝘪𝑜𝘯 𝘪𝑡𝘴 𝘮𝑒𝘢𝑛𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘢𝑛𝘥 𝘯𝑎𝘵𝑖𝘰𝑛𝘢𝑙 𝑡𝘳𝑎𝘥𝑖𝘵𝑖𝘰𝑛 𝑖𝘵𝑠 𝑝𝘳𝑖𝘥𝑒 𝑎𝘯𝑑 𝑠𝘱𝑖𝘳𝑖𝘵.
(H. B. Alexander)