tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post4888505455594570198..comments2024-03-16T13:05:52.650-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: Beautiful GenealogiesJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-26091352826152611062012-10-07T20:04:30.592-07:002012-10-07T20:04:30.592-07:00Lisa, thank you so much for your kind words. And w...Lisa, thank you so much for your kind words. And when you mention Massapequa, it makes me want to get together with you for a visit and compare notes! That is one of my childhood homes--not very far from the canals you talk about. Even though I've left New York so many years ago--and am very happy where I am now--it brings back a wave of nostalgia just to think about it now!Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-2109464276085087922012-10-07T01:43:28.202-07:002012-10-07T01:43:28.202-07:00A wonderfully-written article, Jacqi. The poet in ...A wonderfully-written article, Jacqi. The poet in me always seeks out and cherishes the beauty in the world, as well as the beauty that I see in the lives of those whose stories I strive to tell on my various family history blogs. <br /><br />And I love Long Island! I made many happy visits to my grandparents' home in Massapequa and remember rowboating with my aunts and cousins in the canal behind their home, taking walks on Jones Beach with my grandfather, and making a special visit with a beloved aunt to Port Jeff one summer. I am long overdue for a visit.Lisa / Smallest Leafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16811771280872197611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-45761763862878361602012-10-05T22:25:05.151-07:002012-10-05T22:25:05.151-07:00You are talking home turf to me when you mention s...You are talking home turf to me when you mention some of those names, Iggy. Wading River was my all-time favorite little hideaway. <br /><br />Of course, now it is nothing like it was when I was a kid...I have a sister who lives there now, and I'm surprised to see how different the area looks. I used to love to ride my bicycle to the port at Port Jefferson (well, and Wading River, too) and even though I haven't been there lately, I know Port Jefferson has changed, too. Sad, but what can you do?<br /><br />The south shore of Long Island I wasn't as familiar with--that being the territory of some of those Beaux Arts mansions. Putting aside any thoughts of the people living in those palaces, or the milieu in which the funds were raised to build such places, in looking at their architecture--and the conceptual aspect of it--I mean here to focus on the pursuit of beauty in creating, whether art, music, portraiture, architecture. While also quiet and peaceful, though, it is indeed a very different world from that North Shore region you refer to.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-50442891120849401392012-10-05T05:59:31.365-07:002012-10-05T05:59:31.365-07:00As an annual visitor to Orient Point, Eastport, Wa...As an annual visitor to Orient Point, Eastport, Wading River, and Port Jefferson, I can see the glimmering of "what it used to be like" there - before the masses "developed" (I often read that as "destroyed") the land. It invokes a quiet, peaceful, honest labor time...Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.com