Writer & Journalist
Stories rooted in place
Camp Whatever-it’s-Called: A Year-Round Summer Camp in Elizaville
Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, if you come knocking on Josh Kowan and Janna Cohen Kowan’s front door in Elizaville, you might not get an answer.
Latest Work
Sunday Dinner at the Diago’s—Chronogram July 26
Cabin Flush: Designer Daniela Araya’s Colorful Delaware County Cabin-Chronogram, June 2026
Inside Ivy Dane's Pattern-Filled Life in Hudson — Chronogram, May 2026
Karen Rinaldi’s Cocteau-Inspired Copake Home Is a Refuge After Divorce- Chronogram April, 2026
A Rhinebeck House Built for Entertaining—and a Life Together- Chronogram December, 2025
Plum Design Group Revives a Beloved Shawangunk Ridge Home- Upstate House, Winter 2025
A Storied Lake Compound in Esopus Gets an Eco-Conscious Uplift— Upstate House, Fall 2025
Mary Angeles Armstrong is a writer and journalist covering architecture, sustainable design, and historic preservation. Based in New York’s Hudson Valley, her in-depth profiles explore people and the places they call home. Her work appears in Chronogram, Upstate House, and Mansion Global.