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  • Client Proofs
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    • Governor's Driver
    • Ghost Town, Nevada
    • Little League Odyssey
    • Rust Belt Kitchen >
      • Pittsburgh Sports Memories
    • There's No Crying in Architecture
    • Ride or Die - Easter 2022
    • Scenes from a Funeral Day
    • Recipes from a Rancho Cordova Kitchen
    • Action Heroes on Mt. Parnassus
    • August Slipped Away to a Moment in Time
    • The Carter Family Right Down in Your Blood
    • Backwhenism - Mapping the Album Covers of Classic Rock Youth
    • The Gods Speak Thru Emmylou
    • Neverland, Midtown Sacramento 1990s
    • Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
    • Melinda's Magic Pussy
    • Fear & Loathing in Carmichael
    • Airplane Wreck, 1986
    • Avalanche on Mt. Tallac, 2005
    • Lost & Found in the Black Rock
    • Renegade Suburban Kids Making Super-8 Movies
    • Jimmy Bravo's Big Pitch
    • Quiet Wisdom of Miss Betsy
    • Finding Nigel, Part 1
    • Finding Nigel, Part 2
    • Huck Finn Fever Dream
    • A Hungry Dog Goes Farther
    • Hauntings of the Gargoyle
    • Going to the Symphony on Drugs
    • Booze Cruise
    • Double Down Throwdown, Bro!
    • Sages of LA Nightlife
    • Independence Day, 2016
    • Dumb Luck Happenstance
    • Fable of Orson Grisby
    • Rodent Jihad!
    • Little Pink House in Louisville
    • Hung Be the Heavens in Scarlet
    • The Island of California
    • Ahab at the Harborview Behavioral Health Clinic
    • Ichiro, What is the Meaning of Life?
    • Chasing the Ghost Clemente
    • So Long Say Hey Kid
    • Ball Games & Clocks
    • Diary of a Career Path Death Wish
    • The Anti-Epiphany of Raider Fan
    • Atonement Has No Statue of Limitations
    • The Colonel's Epic Round
    • The Hunger Artist
    • Fragments & Memories
    • Ordinary Quotidian Grandeur: Poems
  • Go Wide
    • Reading Room
    • Desportes
    • Capers, Crimes & Bad Decisions
    • Joker
    • Eccentricities
    • Flavor Town
    • Tipple
    • Flicks
    • Mind Games
    • Artsy
    • Tunes
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There's No Crying in Architecture
NOTES FROM FIVE YEARS WORKING FOR A K-12 EDUCATIONAL DESIGN FIRM


Over the past six years working at HMC Architects, I have been jotting down notes about the interesting parts of our projects, especially the people, and also thoughts on the meaning of the work. The difficult work my colleagues, the architects, do has had a real impact on me...which I did not expect. I've pulled these writings together into this small collection of stories and essays. Most of these are personal reflections quite different from the type of communications we do for the company.  I hope I captured things accurately. Now you know what a sentimental fool I am. 🙂

Much love to this incredible and inspiring group of people!  Read the collection.

Read the essay "From a One Room Schoolhouse"
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