Monthly Archives: January 2024
Welcome!
Since 2003, my husband Rob and I have gathered, shared, and preserved stories of neighbors creating community. For us, community is a continuum of past, present, and future. We believe that being a good neighbor is a creative process—one that matters. Our project, Voices of the Violet Crown, includes: Our blog. The website, regularly updated, also includes features, films, photos, and community resources (right) and more information about our project (top). Our community/history exhibits. Described … Read more
WABAC Machine, Part 12
Copyright 2024 Susan Burneson. All rights reserved. Kindly talk with us before reproducing any website content. (What’s a WABAC Machine? Find out here.) 2023 • A FEW HIGHLIGHTS JANUARY 7 • Former Brentwood neighbor Kay Nell Swenson Ramsey, below, died. Kay’s parents, Gladstone and Erna Swenson, built one of the first houses on Ruth Avenue in the late 1940s. Sixty years later, Kay contributed family photos and stories to our neighborhood’s mosaic wall and oral history … Read more