On February 26, 1919, a substantial portion of the Grand Canyon was designated a US National Park by Woodrow Wilson.  On the same day in 1929, the Grand Tetons would follow suit as the result of Calvin Coolidge signing a bill that had passed both houses of Congress whereby Grand Teton National Park was established in Wyoming.   Theodore Roosevelt can claim credit for bringing the Grand Canyon to America's awareness.  Upon first sighting it...

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OK ... someone recently asked me ... "Janet, why an unltd.com site for aesthetics ... where are  you going with this?"  So ... below - for those who want to know - are a brief definition and a few, beginning thoughts on the subject.  Aesthetics - also spelled esthetics - is a branch of philosophy that encompasses the nature of beauty, art, and taste - and there is such a thing as categorically good taste...

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I love October and poetry both.  While I don't get to indulge in the poetry realm as much as I'd like (although I believe I'm going to change that now that I have an audience with whom to share that affinity), October's 'bright blue weather" has been especially vibrant this year, by virtue of both weather and an especially gorgeous showing of fall foliage.  While I haven't memorized this poem by Helen Hunt Jackson (as...

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"The golden rod is yellow; The corn is turning brown; The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down." Fall is here, and as I look out the window and see shades of vibrant red and umber encroaching on green canopies and replacing the greens of summer, I instantly start mouthing the words of Helen Hunt Jackson's poem:  September.  I do this every year ... I don't think I've missed doing it for one...

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