Had the pleasure of visiting the Youngren FarmHouse Sale this past weekend. The buzzards were swooping, pecking, and circling, to be sure, but all to bolster a wonderful and benificent cause. But the best ‘deal’, and biggest takeaway for me, was the experience itself: of visiting that special property, whose aura, history, and salience shone so clearly through. ‘Twas a beacon of an island life, lived.

Seeing the names and height-marks pencilled on the doorway, and the enduring shrines to family, I could sense the bright energy and nostalgia that seemed to emanate from every creaking floorboard, every sunlit corridor, every nodding tree.

Gratitude all around Youngren folk… and Godspeed to you.

Mike M.

Eastsound