Ah, Stratford.  How I love thee.  How I dote on thee!     Except thy weather, which was depressing.   Thy Tudor homes, thy smoky pubs, thy sweet immersion in Shakespearean history.  Ahhhh, to see thy lovely green hills again! OK, enough with the "thys."  This house here is Shakespeare’s birthplace, on Henley street.  It used to be a lot plainer outside and in, but then it was discovered that those old Elizabethans liked bright colors.  In order not to have to change the forty seven million postcards that have The Birthplace picture on them, the historians decided not to change the outside much, but the inside is now a…

I read a blog post about The Five Environments that I really enjoyed, as much for the pictures as the topic.  The blogger reprinted a comment from a commencement speech about the five environments, and determining how they impact your well-being (the five environments, per this dude, are Mountains, Plains, Desert, Beach, and City – I would argeu an incomplete and odd list.  But whatever, I can get with the program.)   He then examined his own former cities of habitation to see in which environment they fit, and how he felt there, and whether or not there was a pattern.  Anyway, it was a neat exercise, and I thought I’d do it here, but more with the purpose of introducing you…