Sharing A Happy Memory With You Just Because

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 →

430 S. Church Street – Rocky Mount, NC A House Biography

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 →

Why Not Look Beyond Rocky Mount For A New Mayor

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 →