Icehouse, April 11, 2020 (Photo: Geo Davis)

Icehouse, April 11, 2020

Poking around in peripandemic photos, those early days when Susan and I had evacuated to Essex from a family vacation in Antigua, when we reignited long dormant fantasies about the icehouse, about transforming this historic utility building into a modern day work+life flex space, this golden hour gem jumped out.

Icehouse, April 11, 2020 (Photo: Susan Bacot-Davis)
Icehouse, April 11, 2020 (Photo: Susan Bacot-Davis)

Three and a half years later this façade of the icehouse is recognizable but metamorphosed.

Time travel. Wish fulfillment. Re-imagination. Rehabilitation. Collaboration.

There’s something slightly surreal about pealing back the accomplishments of October 2022 through October 2023, especially as I recollect the afternoons that Susan and I spent here, observing, brainstorming, kindling a solo stove, and watching the sun settle into the trees…


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