Category: Home and Family

A little consolation

Published on by Jane15 Comments

Happy Easter, or whatever!

It’s been a long week — busy at work, busy at home. And for the first time in about eight years, I have to work today. The Schedule Goddess (that would be me) tried, but she saw no other way. How could I ask my coworker with the young child to come in today, when her son was up and dyeing Easter eggs with his grandmother when she left for work yesterday?

So the two of us who will be at the store today will be ready. You know, in case someone needs a magazine or something. Or The Velveteen Rabbit. We’ll close in time to get to the wonderful dinners that will have been prepared without our hanging out in the kitchen with our families and friends. They’ll be happy to see us when we get there, tell us they love us, and then sit us down to a delicious meal and lots of fun. That’s how I’m consoling myself, anyway.

Would you like to see a little more of my New and Improved home? This is where my shelves and desk used to be:



Peaceful, sweet and refreshing. The clutterless state of this side of my apartment is a joy (you won’t be seeing any panoramic shots, for good reason). And as I look at this picture it comes to me: everything in it has to do with my friend K. The Real Reeves wheel. The amazing Shaker chair, built by K and R, and on permanent (I suppose) loan. Even the little footstool was found when we were on an antique store crawl on the Eastern Shore. It’s not a shrine, I swear. It just demonstrates that I hang out with people who have excellent taste!

I do knit. Really, I do. I have so many socks going on right now that I don’t know where to turn, but once the pair I’m knitting on a deadline is finished I might just cast on for a Backyard Leaves scarf. I have some pretty geen yarn that just might do.