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Why do I need to “fix” things? Save me from myself.
Here I am with Grace Szuwala, the owner of TIME PIECES. She understands my nutty behavior and is is going to help me by “fixing” my clock. My clock doesn’t work on its own. I think there is hope – just listen! The tiny store is layered in stories (and clocks) Grace welcoming me back Read more
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Ashes in Alabama and the power of flaws 3.8.14
I traveled down to Montgomery, AL to visit the Dexter Ave. Parsonage. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his family resided in this home during a 1956 bombing attack. It is now an historic house museum. (Image: Franklin D. Vagnone) The damaged porch of MLK’s Montgomery home. (Image: blogspot.com) One of the most amazing things Read more
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Fix it or leave it? – 11.11.13
1. An amazing outbuilding. Private residence. Privy, Upstate New York. 2. Multiple layers of history expressed through paint, hardware, wallpaper & many repairs. Lott House, Brooklyn, New York 3. Which is dominant – historic artifact or time? Upper East Side, New York NY 4. It is quite common for situations like this for the original Read more
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Just go with it! Questioning the authenticity mythology
Digital Fire It is such a simple idea. Buy a large flat screen TV and DVD. Plug it in. Place it in all of your historic house museum fireplaces, press “PLAY” on your fire dvd AND I promise you the space will come alive. I have found such opposition to this idea – “it’s cheesy, Read more
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Joe & Hilda Minter’s House and Garden – 9.21.13
Folk artist Joe Minter stands beside his memorial to African-American soldiers. Joe and Hilda Minter’s house and garden in Birmingham, AL. The interior of the Minter House. It is Joe’s wish for the house to become a house museum. Joe Minter states that the job of an artist is to “preserve life”. The interior of Read more
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