Noah is off in China, so things are both quieter (no late-night construction projects) and busier around here lately (solo care of 2 cats, rambunctious dog, and 18 chicks that are getting a bit feisty themselves).
But as we have finally eliminated most of the cardboard boxes from our living space, I thought I'd share a few of our homey corners with you over the next few days. With all the moves over the last few months, we've pared down a lot of things, so a lot of what is left is what one or both of us insisted on keeping, sometimes because of its history or story.
This desk, which anchors the sewing corner in the upstairs of the house, has a US manufacturing stamp on the bottom, dated Dec 1948. It's solid, and it is not light, but I've moved it from Missoula to Oregon and back now. I found it with a free sign in my 4th year of grad school. At the time it was covered in a rather ugly olive-brown coating somewhere between a varnish and a paint. I took it home in my station wagon, set it oustide and proceeded to sand the entire thing down by hand and re-finish it. I'd decided it would be the dissertation desk--and I did write much of my PhD dissertation sitting at that desk, in the house on Chestnut Street.
I'm grateful that its new incarnation involves fewer papers and more creative putting together of things. The bright orange bit on the corner is one of the first priority sewing jobs--replacing a broken zipper on an orange jacket Noah hasn't been able to wear for almost a year now. I'm hopeful that a good setup lets projects like that happen, rather than lingering for months!
(other details: chair, salvaged from my parents' attic, has also made several multi-state moves and been treated to some repairs with wood glue. print above the desk is an image of a wild ginger leaf captured, of course, by Noah, and printed specially for me as a gift last Christmas.)
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