Kichler Lighting 300003CZ Cottage Grove - 52" Ceiling Fan, Carre Bronze Finish with Mocha Wisp Glass

With a Carre Bronze(R) finish, Mocha Wisp glass and beautiful decorative scrollwork, this fan is a wonderful addition to the Kichler Cottage Grove(TM) Collection. The 5, 52" blades are pitched 14 degrees and are reversible for your choice of a Teak or Maple finish. The 172mm x 15mm Motor will provide the quiet power you need. With full range dimming and Intelligent Return, the integrated uplight uses 4 15-watt B-10 bulbs and the included downlight uses 3 40-watt B-10 bulbs. This fan comes complete with the Full Function Cool Touch(TM) Control System with independent up and down light control and 6" and 12" (3/4" I. D. ) downrods.

On my way back to LA, I took a 1-mile diversion in Santa Ana, and visited the Garden Grove Church, a megachurch also known as the Crystal Cathedral. Johnson/Burgee, 1978-80.

A view of Garden Grove City Hall in Garden Grove, California. Part of the Garden Grove Civic Center, the building was dedicated in 1995.

© Capitolshots Photography

It seems that ever since mankind was kicked out of the Garden of Eden for eating the forbidden fruit, we’ve been trying to get back in. Or at least, we’ve been wondering where the Garden might have been. St. Augustine had a theory, and so did medieval monks, John Calvin, and Christopher Columbus. But when Darwin’s theory of evolution permanently altered our understanding of human origins, shouldn’t the search for a literal Eden have faded away? Not so fast.

In Paradise Lust, Brook Wilensky-Lanford introduces readers to the enduring modern quest to locate the Garden of Eden on Earth. It is an obsession that has consumed Mesopotamian archaeologists, German Baptist ministers, British irrigation engineers, and the first president of Boston University, among many others. These quixotic Eden seekers all started with the same brief Bible verses, but each ended up at a different spot on the globe: Florida, the North Pole, Ohio, China, and, of course, Iraq. Evocative of Tony Horwitz and Sarah Vowell, Wilensky-Lanford writes of these unusual characters and their search with sympathy and wit. Charming, enlightening, and utterly unique, Paradise Lust is a century-spanning history that will take you to places you never imagined.

It seems that ever since mankind was kicked out of the Garden of Eden for eating the forbidden fruit, we’ve been trying to get back in. Or at least, we’ve been wondering where the Garden might have been. St. Augustine had a theory, and so did medieval monks, John Calvin, and Christopher Columbus. But when Darwin’s theory of evolution permanently altered our understanding of human origins, shouldn’t the search for a literal Eden have faded away? Not so fast.

In Paradise Lust, Brook Wilensky-Lanford introduces readers to the enduring modern quest to locate the Garden of Eden on Earth. It is an obsession that has consumed Mesopotamian archaeologists, German Baptist ministers, British irrigation engineers, and the first president of Boston University, among many others. These quixotic Eden seekers all started with the same brief Bible verses, but each ended up at a different spot on the globe: Florida, the North Pole, Ohio, China, and, of course, Iraq. Evocative of Tony Horwitz and Sarah Vowell, Wilensky-Lanford writes of these unusual characters and their search with sympathy and wit. Charming, enlightening, and utterly unique, Paradise Lust is a century-spanning history that will take you to places you never imagined.