Happy week of Thanksgiving, everyone! Thank you to everyone who has emailed and commented on the questions about home. Your thoughts are great. It’s not too late if you haven’t shared your thoughts yet. Why am I asking all of these questions? Consider this casual research, but I’m interested to see overlaps and variations between … Continue reading Home, Continued
Some people grow up and grow old in the same place, whether by never moving away or by returning home. Others wander around like gypsy souls, waiting to find that place to set down roots, personally, professionally, or both. And others are content to wander always, finding home wherever their feet land. Where do you … Continue reading Pondering “My Place”
Highways, dirt roads, back roads and even interstates each have their own allure; but parkways might be my greatest love if we are talking about roads. Here are a few of my favorite Long Island Parkways. A good overview of Long Island Parkways: Long Island Exchange and scenic byways.
Though we all have much to be thankful for throughout the year, there is something special and comforting about paying extra attention and dutifully remembering to count our blessings each year about this time. Wouldn’t you agree? For what are you thankful, big or small, person, place, or thing, memory or faith or hope? I … Continue reading Thankfulness
The memories of Tropical Storm Irene of August 2011 are all too familiar here in Vermont, so when the mid Atlantic was struck by Hurricane Sandy, Vermonters knew exactly how people felt. Roads washed out or blocked, infrastructure damaged, homes washed away, entire towns flooded, people stranded, people wondering what to do, communities coming together … Continue reading Love to Long Island
I remember cool summer mornings, waking up to hear my mom watering the garden or cutting cantaloupe in the kitchen, getting us girls ready for the day. We might be heading to the beach that day, which meant we were responsible for finding the pails & shovels, beach blankets, chairs and any other toys we … Continue reading Summer Days
Lately, I have been thinking about historic preservation and how it is viewed by non-preservationists. Non-preservationists can be those who may be interested in but do not define themselves as preservationists, those who are generally uninterested in the field or those who are unaware of what preservation is. To the latter two categories, the term … Continue reading You Do Not Have to be a Historic Preservationist
It’s the week of Thanksgiving, and here at Preservation in Pink, each day of the week will be dedicated to a different subject of preservation thankfulness. Monday Thankfulness. ——————————– Today I am thankful for beautiful places and beautiful views that make us proud to live where we do and make us believe in all places. … Continue reading Tuesday Thankfulness
Decades ago, beach bungalows stood across Reynolds Channel (view from Point Lookout). As far as I know the story, as the hurricanes damaged or demolished the bungalows, the owners were not allowed to rebuild, and eventually they were only a memory. It’s a beautiful view anytime of the year. This picture is in memory of … Continue reading Preservation Photos #43
“We shape our buildings; thereafter, our buildings shape us.” -Winston Churchill How many places have played a part with defining moments that shape your life thereafter? It is possibly one that is significant to you, but not necessarily on the National Register of Historic Places (sounds like the National Trust’s This Place Matters campaign). A … Continue reading Landmarks Shaping Me
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