Column: 'Time Travelers' Visit Historic Homes Long Valley resident MaryLynn Schiavi explains her journey of preparing for the Historic Homes tour. Tweet Email Print 2 Comments ‹ Back to Article new Embed | Share context Photos (13) Photos Credit MaryLynn Schiavi Credit MaryLynn Schiavi Credit MaryLynn Schiavi Credit MaryLynn Schiavi Credit MaryLynn Schiavi Credit MaryLynn Schiavi Upload Photos and Videos Sometime shortly after I agreed to have my home included on the Washington Township Historic House Tour this year, scheduled for Dec. 10, 2011, someone asked me, why, why would you open your home to hundreds of strangers? At first I answered simply, because my home is more than 250 years old and therefore it plays a role in the history of the town. But during the week spent in preparation, I began to ask myself the same question. Was I insane? What was I thinking? I don’t have time for this, I have articles to write, a dog to walk, and now I have a very large dusty home to whip into shape before friends, neighbors and strangers meander through my home in the stark light of day. A sense of panic began to course through my body when a woman I met in Maria’s Café told me that one year 700 people signed up for the tour. I practically choked on my coffee, and ran out of place so fast the wreaths were spinning on the doors. Only two days before the tour and I still hadn’t put up a Christmas tree. But I had been c
Column: 'Time Travelers' Visit Historic Homes Long Valley resident MaryLynn Schiavi explains her journey of preparing for the Historic Homes tour. Tweet Email Print 2 Comments ‹ Back to Article new Embed | Share context Photos (13) Photos Credit MaryLynn Schiavi Credit MaryLynn Schiavi Credit MaryLy ...
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