With Your Coffee

Once upon a playground. Where have all of the swings gone? Old Schoolhouse Common, Marshfield, VT.

Happy Monday, everyone. How was your weekend? Mine involved a lot of coffee, running, and sleeping. In other words, it was good. What do you have in store for this week? While most everyone says summer ends on Labor Day, there are actually a few weeks after that left of summer. Take heart, summer is still here! Here are a few links to get you started for the week.

• Bruce Springsteen and Born to Run speak of the middle class in the 1970s.

• So, little free libraries are a crime? Really? Can’t we worry about other things, like important issues? 

• Our entire built environment deserves good design, even sidewalk sheds (who knew they were called sidewalk sheds?). 

• The gift of the daguerreotype.

• Design Sponge hosted an essay contest about “Home.” Did you enter? Check out the finalists and vote for your favorite.

• Need some National Register review for the new school year? Try the National Trust for Historic Preservation videos.  

• Pink Flamingo lawn ornament facts: flamboyance is a flock of flamingos!

Have a great week. Enjoy the heat wave. Check out some historic sites.

Cheers!