Sunday offered up a quiet day of Zooming football with our sons (who were far from quiet while watching our home team lose). Following that disappointment, Will can be seen sitting on ‘his’ end of our contemporary pewter leather living room couch (ordered directly from Copenhagen, no less), which, being directly across from our large screen TV (recessed into the wall) offers my husband the best seat in the house for viewing one game after another, while I can be seen lounging, nearby, on one of two matching charcoal leather loveseats (that face each other) with socked feet crossed at the ankle on our large square (edges rounded) salt n peppered coffee table, thus completing our modern U-shaped seating arrangement, which, taking up most of the floor space in our high ceiling’d living room, proves most conducive to easing conversational gatherings, and with iPhone in hand, I am scrolling through brief summaries of classic novels in hopes of enjoying one well written storyline after another in search of any that prove none too heavy, because during this pandemic, characters, who come to life as I turn pages, become my companions for hours, day after day, suggesting why their values, relationships and impassioned endeavors must stir my interest without arousing the current depths of my suppressed sense of loneliness or deeply repressed sense of untapped grief.
As reading to calm my anxious reaction to today’s unnerving reality concerning death passing over our front door is essential to maintaining my peace of mind, any and all suggestions within those perimeters will be deeply appreciated.
I hope your day has felt peaceful. And if I close my eyes and call forth my imagination, I can visualize us sitting down to enjoy each other’s company while the delicious aroma of a savory home made stew wafts through the air, and while feeling all safe and cozy, seated comfortably at my candle lit dining room table, we’ll feel inspired to raise our glasses of wine in readiness to offer each other a heartfelt toast to our friendship, which, for countless reasons, is treasured beyond measure. L’Chaim!
🙋🏻♀️Annie
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