Brooks Kolb

Brooks Kolb is a Seattle writer, artist, and a landscape architect.

Category: Commentary

On Writing A Memoir

Golden Gate Bridge from Buena Vista Park, San Francisco After eight long years of my writing and publishing journey, my baby, LANDSCAPE IN LAVENDER, will

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In Memoriam: Sherry Markovitz

Story by Dennis M., edited by Brooks Sherry Markovitz, our dear friend and next-door neighbor, was one of the Pacific Northwest’s most talented and prominent

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The Architect Personality

Keith R. Kolb, FAIA The following essay pursues some of the themes I explore in my forthcoming memoir, LANDSCAPE IN LAVENDER: A YOUNG MAN’S SEARCH

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A Visit to Assisi

The following is another excerpt deleted from my memoir, LANDSCAPE IN LAVENDER, which will be published by Spark Press in June, 2026. Toward the end

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