Brooks Kolb

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

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Searching for my Inner Self

Lord Shiva A couple of years ago, I wrote in this blog that I was transitioning to retirement but I didn’t feel “all-in” with the

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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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Tick-tock, Tick-tock Time

(a spiritual thought for the day) One of the most absurd things about life is how we’re all chained to the relentless forward march of

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The Allure of Palm Springs

The Allure of Palm Springs Nearly two hours into one’s drive eastwards from Los Angeles on Route 10, the freeway speeds through dry desert flanked

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