Author Archives: Stephanie Kozick

A City Park

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Stephanie Kozick

My time in the city of Glasgow remains active in my thoughts.   I was nicely situated in a guest house that was located across from the well tended 85 acre Kelvingrove Park.  In the morning breakfast room, I looked out … Continue reading →

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Scotland Street School

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Stephanie Kozick

After my long morning walk through the West End to see the city’s Victorian tenements and then on to be dazzled by Mackintosh’s Queen’s Church, I took a taxi to Scotland Street School. Charles Rennie Macintosh was working at the … Continue reading →

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A Walk in Glasgow: Terraced Urban Architecture and Queen’s Church

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Stephanie Kozick

It was another beautiful day in Victorian Glasgow, the last day before I had to leave Scotland for home.  I started the morning on a walking route offered by the Mackintosh Heritage Group.  The downloaded brochure offered a wealth of … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh Visit

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Stephanie Kozick

Let me tell you about my Edinburgh day.  I first had to walk to Glasgow’s city center (about a half hour’s walk) to catch the train that left Queen Street Station headed to Edinburgh, which is less than an hour’s … Continue reading →

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The immortals

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Stephanie Kozick

Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s designs are so modern that it’s easy to forget that he was active at the turn of the 20th century.  This 1893 group picture on display at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum depicts Mackintosh and his … Continue reading →

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Arrival

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Stephanie Kozick

I arrived in Glasgow to brilliant weather, quite a surprise. The air travel was challenging, as air travel goes–nine hours from Seattle to Amsterdam and then a mad dash to another gate to catch my connecting flight to Glasgow. The … Continue reading →

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Buddha Da

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Stephanie Kozick

My present reading of Buddha Da, (Donovan 2002) is helping to preserve the voices of Glaswegians in my ear. Glaswegian is also the name for the local dialect. Donovan’s story about a working class family in Glasgow is arranged in … Continue reading →

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obscurity

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Stephanie Kozick

Each day I marvel at the distinctive Art Nouveau style that Charles Rennie Macintosh and Margaret MacDonald developed in the first decade of the 20th Century; so it came as a surprise to read detiails about Mackintosh’s life in The … Continue reading →

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Glasgow Art, Food, University and Voices

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Stephanie Kozick

Another gorgeous weather day in Glasgow, but my feet are aching.  I walked to the Mackintosh building, Queens Cross Church ( his only church design ), to find it closed.  Other people came too, and one assertive woman made some … Continue reading →

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A Piper

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Stephanie Kozick

Geez, how much walking can a person endure?  Maybe (or is it mebee?) my faithful shoes are giving out.   I thought I might take an umbrella today, I’m glad that I changed my mind and wore my rain jacket. … Continue reading →

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