A note from Penn Yan

Tonight I received a nice email from a Penn Yan native who saw my magazine article. Elaine G. of Penn Yan says:

Darlene:

I too grew up in Penn Yan and still live there. I loved your article and photos of Front Porch Memories. I loved the fact that you captured two of my cousins in your photos as well as dear friends Paul and Joanne Dailey.

My house was on Walnut Street and the four of us kids would have neighborhood gatherings there any day of the week and any hour of the day. We ate snacks and talked and just had fun. I read for hours on that old front porch as well.

I have many pictures taken there with friends before proms, confimations and graduations. It was the porch my brother left from for the service and I went off to college from also. I know it is the porch that welcomed the two youngest siblings home from the hospital as newborns.

I loved that porch and all that it meant to our family. Thank you for helping me remember!

I now have a front porch in the country where I enjoy sitting with my 93-year-old mother-in-law and visiting!

Elaine in Penn Yan

Thanks very much for writing, Elaine, and for giving me permission to post your email! Bet you're enjoying that porch this weekend. :) Take care and so glad to hear my article touched a chord.

Welcome, Life in the Finger Lakes readers!

Yesterday's mail brought the beautiful new Summer issue of Life in the Finger Lakes magazine -- with my "Porches of Penn Yan" article! Forgive me for the exclamation point, but it's a milestone for me to have both text and photos published together. A snippet from the article appears below.

Welcome all you who saw the article and have logged on to share your own front porch memories as well as comments and photos. And if you found this blog through an Internet search, that's great too. Just click on Comments at the end of this posting and send your memories. What is the funniest thing that's ever happened to you on a porch? The most "memorable moment"? Did you launch your prom date from your family porch, or your wedding, or some other milestone? Share all the details here! I'm really looking forward to reading your stories!

All the best,
Darlene
www.DarleneBordwell.com