Honoring the Past, Building a Future
Dressed for Christmas I have a doll house. It sits safely under its roof, its rooms protected from the weather, its walls and floors in no danger from the next rainstorm. I find myself looking at it differently these days. Even my doll house has a roof on it. The Summerlin House at 430 South … Continue reading Even My Dollhouse Has a Roof On It
I am having a happy memory day when I was head of the Flower Guild at Holy Family in Chapel Hill. There were teams who took turns arranging, watering, looking after the altar flowers. It is a wonderful ministry. This header photo is one of my Christmas Sundays. Once I dragged a concrete statue from … Continue reading Sharing A Happy Memory With You Just Because
Screenshot I'm happy when reading, researching, and writing, which has led to a new project. A series I have been writing of house biographies, trying to capture not simply the architecture of an old house, but the people who built it, lived there, loved it, and sometimes stepped forward just in time to save it. One … Continue reading 430 S. Church Street – Rocky Mount, NC A House Biography
When I came across the announcement that Victor Dover would be a keynote speaker at the upcoming North Carolina Preservation Conference, his résumé stopped me in my tracks. With great admiration, it was not Victor Dover himself who became important to me, it was what his résumé represented. Here was someone with serious professional credentials, … Continue reading Why Not Look Beyond Rocky Mount For A New Mayor
I found a candidate's resume for Mayor of Rocky Mount. He is going to be the main speaker at Preservation North Carolina conference this fall. When I read this blurb on him I groaned, "IF ONLY." If we could bring in a Mayor with these credentials, think where we could be. I am adding this … Continue reading I Found a Resume for Mayor of Rocky Mount to Search For
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