Today, I'll be going with the students in my 111 Words class to the exhibition on Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) at the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen, whose architect was Renzo Piano (b. 1937). But this morning, I'm commenting on essays on Charles Dickens's "Hard Times" (1854) for the students in my two classes of Academic Writing in English II. In the background, I'm listening to music—currently, Conor Oberst's album "Ruminations" (2016). One line from the song "Mamah Borthwick (A Sketch") caught my ear and made me smile: "Winding like the ramp at the Guggenheim." The Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan was also the work of a great architect: Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959). (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 24 April 2026)