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Save Florida’s natural walls
When the Sierra Club advertised a bird-watching kayak tour to Shell Key, Dave and I signed up. True confession: We’ve lived in Pinellas County for 40 years and I’ve...
Developing a knack for kayaking
Last month, my husband Dave and I finally found the most important feature we were looking for in a kayak – lite weight. Our local dealer introduced us to the Crescent...
Octagon Houses And Utopian Dreams
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. It’s a beautiful...
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...
Getting lost in the Barbican, or creative strolling
Recently my daughter was in London, so I asked her to go to an architectural landmark and take a selfie. I suggested the Gerkin. As it happened she went to a...
Finding my way home: Buffalo
I grew up in Buffalo and I didn't know until I read this post from architectural writer Alexandra Lange that I grew up in an architectural mecca. Lange's article...
Inside Russel Wright’s Manitoga
In my previous post, I focused on the grounds surrounding Manitoga, Russel Wright's garden. In this post, I'm taking you inside his house. Russel Wright (1904-1976)...
Russel Wright’s Manitoga Garden
Scientists say the sense of smell has the strongest power to bring back memories. That was true for me from the minute I stepped off the plane in Albany, New York. The...
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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.