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.