The winding staircase pictured above suggests it leads to the heavens, but it wasn’t designed to reach the stars; actually, it is a stairway to Utopia. These spiraling...
East Coast
Mostly Modernism, Mostly Florida
Florida is the third most populous state in the nation and most of the population lives less than 25 feet above sea level. The geography attracts visionaries...
Zaha, flowers, and sleepwalkers on the High Line
I expected to make the 30-foot climb to reach New York City’s High Line elevated railroad-turned-garden. It wasn't the altitude that took my breath away; it was...
Kyle Pierson
Florida writer living in
the Pacific Northwest
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Kyle Pierson
I never expected to leave the beach, palm trees, and glorious sunsets of Florida. Seriously! I even have a master’s degree in Florida Studies. So, my move to Washington, the Evergreen State, had to be from a powerful pull. It was; in 2020, my husband Dave and I became grandparents to twin grandsons, and their brother who was born in 2022. Grandparenting adds a new busy dimension to our lives and readers might assume my interest in Florida nature and architecture has faded. But I’m curious about those things here in the PNW too. I’m looking forward to learning like a kid again and having three little guys join me on my explorations!
You’ll find my writings about Florida, North Carolina, and Washington here, along with a new tab, poetry and maybe some drawings. So the journey continues. You’re welcome to come along.