Twisted Preservation Blog

Just as  interesting as what we preserve, I am fascinated by the efforts to reconsider that which was once preserved by a previous generation, and now, removed by the present generation.  What about our perception of value has changed? How did these considerations of value and social capital shift? What are we left with when perceptions shift? Read more

Our backyard was always very well kept.  It felt desolate and full of aspirations, but I was only a small kid – what did I know. I knew what to expect on Saturday mornings.  At 7:00am my Dad would come in and pull the covers off of me and my two brothers with a loud Read more

The living room faced south. Except for one window, it was a box with vacuous white walls.  The window, proudly identified by my parents as a “picture window”, occupied an entire wall.  Standing outside, picturesquely assymetric in its placement, stood a large maple tree.  The leaves of the tree used to turn, like ruby affectations Read more