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
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...
How an architect introduced the term “lifestyle” to marketing
Image by Yoichi Aihara from Pixabay In 1950, if you lived outside of New York, Chicago, or Boston before the age of Amazon.com, touching the newest most Modern designs...
Russel Wright designed sophistication
This week, I'm looking forward to attending a lecture on Modernism by writer and critic Alexandra Lange. Lange contributes to Architect, Domus, Dwell, Medium,...
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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.