We are so habitually nostalgic by now that we anticipate looking back in the midst of enjoyment, look forward to watching the videos we're taking of our children even as we make them.

How do we accurately evoke land we love? What should we even call the world we walk and drive through-scenery, landscape?

I read the landscape to help me through, to know what's come before me there, to find my footing in time.

Individualism and mobility are at the core of American identity

The extent and condition of our property, and our choice of style in dwelling, create a powerful emblem of our identity and status.

We are so habitually nostalgic by now that we anticipate looking back in the midst of enjoyment, look forward to watching the videos we're taking of our children even as we make them.

In choosing where to live or vacation, we may be setting the stage for the play of ourselves, treating nature as prop.