Unplugging in a Rustic Hudson Valley Retreat
Connected. Logged on. Streaming. It’s 2018, and we are never not on the grid. We even check our work email while vacationing. In fact, we check it over and over again! It makes no sense. Isn’t the entire point of unplugging to… unplug" Maybe we should take a note from Paper Plane Studio’s Jennifer Bostic and sculptor John Powers. […]
Connected. Logged on. Streaming. It’s 2018, and we are never not on the grid. We even check our work email while vacationing. In fact, we check it over and over again! It makes no sense. Isn’t the entire point of unplugging to… unplug" Maybe we should take a note from Paper Plane Studio’s Jennifer Bostic and sculptor John Powers. In order to check out for a bit and help their creative juices flow, they purchased a home in New York’s Hudson Valley that’s so remote, it was originally only accessible by boat. The home is one of three on a plot Jennifer and John bought fully furnished, and at some point during its lifetime was dubbed the Cowboy House. While they still aren’t sure why it was given the name, the decorations left behind did give them some insight into the life of the family who probably gave it the moniker. Firstly, they were readers. Big-time readers. Many of the home’s shelves brimmed with books that were scribbled with inscriptions. And secondly, their taste skewed more rustic than modern. The latter was fine with Jennifer and John. Th...
Connected. Logged on. Streaming. It’s 2018, and we are never not on the grid. We even check our work email while vacationing. In fact, we check it over and over again! It makes no sense. Isn’t the entire point of unplugging to… unplug" Maybe we should take a note from Paper Plane Studio’s Jennifer Bostic and sculptor John Powers. In order to check out for a bit and help their creative juices flow, they purchased a home in New York’s Hudson Valley that’s so remote, it was originally only accessible by boat. The home is one of three on a plot Jennifer and John bought fully furnished, and at some point during its lifetime was dubbed the Cowboy House. While they still aren’t sure why it was given the name, the decorations left behind did give them some insight into the life of the family who probably gave it the moniker. Firstly, they were readers. Big-time readers. Many of the home’s shelves brimmed with books that were scribbled with inscriptions. And secondly, their taste skewed more rustic than modern. The latter was fine with Jennifer and John. Th...
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