PHPS at the Pathways of History

I've been a member of the Parsippany Historical and Preservation Society long before I started helping them out with their Facebook, and I just had to share their upcoming fall event!

The Pathways of History Weekend Tour offers an admission-free opportunity to visit 20 northern Morris County landmark sites. Pathways began in 2010 when five neighboring museums established the event to entice visitors to their historic properties. In 2014 the group has grown to include 18 historic groups in Boonton, Boonton Township, Denville, Dover, Jefferson Township, Kinnelon, Lake Hopatcong, Mine Hill, Montville Township, Mount Olive, Mount Tabor, Parsippany, Pequannock Township, Randolph, Rockaway Township, Roxbury Township and Washington Township. The properties are all independently operated, but for the Pathways Weekend Tour on Saturday, October 11 from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM and on Sunday, October 12 from Noon to 4:00 PM all sites will open their doors in simultaneous welcome.

The PHPS will be a part of this event at the Bowlsby-DeGelleke House in Parsippany - check out the Facebook event, and we hope to see you there!

It's just a summertime, summertime update...

The title of this post is obviously inspired by Lana Del Ray's ubiquitious lead single off her newest album (which, although it was only released at the end of June, has become so overplayed as to make it the bane of my existance driving to work in the morning). It's been a musical sort of month for me, which has lead to some good art, as well as some interesting opportunities.

What's this? More updates to the Tiny Little Boxes series!I've got some fun new updates to the Tiny Little Boxes series, which has been a lot of fun for me. If you've been a regular follower of the R Rutledge Online tumblr, I started creating collage art for the different mixtapes I burned based off the playlist (check out the /mixtape archive for some of my earlier.. um, well, attempts haha); music still plays a huge part in my creative process, especially when it comes to this series.

I also updated my digital photography archives, and am currently sorting through my newest rolls of film for the next major update. I'm also really thrilled to announce after some time away, I've started getting back into the Book Project, with updates to that to be up before the end of the summer. Yesterday I posted about working with the Parsippany Historical and Preservation Society, which I'm really excited about. It's a great group based out of my hometown that I've always been happy to support, and I'm thrilled to be able to get them their start within the social media platform.

The last little bit? An updates to my links sections - there's some awesome new blogs up there you should check out, so definitely don't be shy :)

Enjoy the rest of this beautiful summer weekend... more things will be coming before you know it!

Helping out the PHPS

I've lived in Parsippany my whole life, residing in the same old, historic house that not only my dad grew up in, but is one of the only remaining historic homes left in town. The history of Parsippany is such a great one, and in that vein, I've been a member of the Parsippany Historical and Preservation Society since my interest in history (and in my family home) became a defining character trait ;D

I'm excited to announce that I'm currently running both the PHPS main webpage/blog as well as their Facebook fan page, both of which went live a little over a month ago. Everything's still a bit under construction, but I'm looking forward to adding more content and helping the Parsippany Historical and Preservation Society reach a broader audience about the historical sites and future events of the town :D