January's Print of the Month (or thereabouts) comes from Chicago's Union Station -- the historic railway station near the loop. The great hall, where this was taken is an enormous room with about a 50-foot high ceiling. In the center of the room is a skylight about half the size of a basketball court. The light is delicious -- that's the only word I can find to describe it. It is so soft and so liquid that you should be able to scoop it up in a bucket. At rush hour Union S

Prints of the Month -- beginning next month I'm going to pare down the prints-of-the-month gallery to keep only the past year's prints. If you are interested in any of the older ones, now is the time! February's Print of the Month (or thereabouts) comes from the village of Passau, Austria -- just a few miles east of Vienna -- on the Danube. It is built on a steep spit of land at the confluence of two rivers. This stairway is in a venerable castle overlooking both rivers.