Sun, Nov 1st - 8:00PM

Durant's Rousseau and Revolution, p. 606
239.7 miles
crisp, sunny

Back across the state we go! On the way east I had noticed a Frank Lloyd Wright house close to Fallingwater, and thought we might want to see that on the way home.  On the way, we stopped at Ohiopyle Falls State Park and got an earth cache. It was great seeing it again, so pretty!  Then onward past another cache at a picnic area and to Kentuck Knob.

This was owned by the Haugen Ice Cream family.  She had admired Fallingwater and wanted something similar on top of the hill they owned.  It's Usonian architecture, minimalist, but Mrs. Haugen got her own way in a few places and made it much more livable.  For instance, unlike most FLW houses, there's a bit of a basement for groceries.  There's also a bit of an attic, and the dining room was made bigger.  I think Wright at 86 and busy with other projects, like the Guggenheim, didn't have the energy to impose his ideas.  The place is much better for it. Here is a comparison of the two homes.

The sculpture meadow was closed because they were taking a tree out. We did get to see a Claes Oldenburg apple core, though. 

All in all, a beautiful place and a gorgeous day to visit it. It's still in use, though the British Lord who owns it stays in town when he visits, just entertains here. I'd love to come to a party here. I'm really glad we went!

Silence of the Lambs.

Turid Gregory-Furlong: No you're not the only one. It is unbelieveable PBO is unable to make a decision about the troops. they die and [he] dithers. He has time for the olympics, fund raising, letterman, whine about fox news of all things, etc etc.. go on vacation, site seeing.. OMG it is just pathetic. My children who are both under 5 are now responsible for 300,000+ of this mess of a debt.. they didn't do anything but be born and they are stuck with this mess. This pettyfighting, leaving rooms thru the back door, and locking people out just needs to stop. The name calling - my pre-schooler behaves better .. matter of the fact all of my pre-schoolers classmates behave better. This is really enraging how they are all behaving. They all need to be fired!! No retirement - they can survive without public pensions... since they all earned their money from the free market which they all hate. Furthermore, it will be their public service to the nation.

Scandal and Corruption, and our local congresscritter

Rasmussen on 0bama's approval: 26 lowest strong approval, -13 level, (first time in double digits for a whole week) and 47/52 approval, 42/54 on 0bamacare.

0bama's military problem is getting worse.

People don't like bullies.

Americans wising up, despite AP's efforts :

 A rational citizen, confronted with the current economy and the Democrats' plan to impoverish us all with a multi-trillion-dollar tax on energy, would take a hard look at the evidence and see whether anthropogenic global warming is a) a reality, or b) a hoax ginned up to justify a massive federal government takeover of the economy that will shift trillions of dollars from ordinary citizens to the federal coffers and to companies and organizations with close ties to the Democratic Party.

Tucker Carlson on why the White House bullies FOX.

David Frum, will the rule of law survive 0bama?

The war against Fox News. They lost this battle.

Leaky Leahy has never been that clear on the Constitution.