December 21, 2005
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I got this from pea_patch: Desdemonasleeps has issued a challenge. She wants to see your kitchen table. I’ve never read Desdemona but I remember seeing some good comments of hers. Pea is one of my faves.
Okay, I have an island which has a stove top in the middle but lots of room at both ends, with outlets under each. There are stools opposite the stove and that side of the counter is free of clutter, except for a wire basket filled with blown-glass fruit.
What was I thinking, of course there’s clutter. I found my bowl and crackers from when I ate chili earlier. And there were a couple CDs of Christmas music. That stack of library books I read, alternately, as I eat, sits behind this cool, mesh wire crate on the end of the counter which is visible to me now. Next to it is the filing cabinent which never made it upstairs. It’s my new station for the mail. I now have a system whereby I plop the stack at the end of the counter, then I divide it into recycling or the mesh box, to be filed later. And when I go to pay the bills I sift through the mesh box and file stuff in the filing cabinent.
So then at the other end of the counter, across from the built-in oven that my daughter broke the dial on, is my portable oven. It’s big enough to cook a turkey in and I’m loving it. But it takes up most of that end. Which is good because then I don’t pile anything else around it.
If I want to sit down at the table, I will step down from the kitchen into the great room. I haven’t called it that since I moved in but that’s what it looks like. I’ll go over by the gas stove to my cafe table — Again, I’ve never called it that — It’s round and there are two over-stuffed chairs on rollers. I read the newspaper over there. There is a potted fern in a giant coffee cup and saucer sitting in the middle. Two candles, a couple books and the newspaper is all I can see from here.
Finally, and I never eat on it, but I bought a table for the dining room, and I do projects out there. It’s on the other side of the kitchen, divided by the dog gate. We all pile our stuff on the floor, like purses and shoes, anything we don’t want the dog to chew up. I have a gaming table — Or do you say game table? — which I got at an estate sale. It’s got these great swivel chairs, also on rollers, with cane backs. I really like sitting in comfortable chairs that I can move around in. The only thing is they are odd looking. Not cheap but — maybe that’s what game chairs are supposed to look like. I reversed the table top so It looks like mahogony. And that’s covered with wrapping paper and ribbon. So now you know how messy I am.
Comments (9)
I just wish I had a kitchen table to show her. The next month or two we have to eat out, because the kitchen is being remodeled. Have to fill the dog’s water dish in the bathroom. Etc, etc, etc.
My table is in my livingroom because our apartment is too small for it to fit in the “dining area” – no, it’s not a large table. LOL
After we’ve talked about writing and some of the challenges therein, I thought you might be interested to see that after SIX MONTHS, I’ve finally completed a new poem.
Desdemona’s post (which I came across around the same time, randomly, yesterday) makes me want to get my computer up and running. RYamazing!C: I love everything you said. As much as the Catholic church is not for me, two of the most spiritual people I know are Catholics. One is a lapsed Jew. And so many of them are spiritual, higher-power-believing wonders. For me Jesus is Love, or so I say – Christianity is still a struggle for me. As long as Love is at the root of your matter (I’ve only been up for an hour; you’ll have to forgive my nonsensical word choice and syntax), I can understand pretty much anything you say. “You’ve got it in spades.” <~~~ Damn, that part just made me smile and smile.
i love your descriptive writing… it’s better than a photo!
This tag could give fair warning to folks! I can truely visualize your home…better than a picture! Mine is somewhat tidy in a nanalana sort of way!
I can see your table from here.
I saw that, but I don’t have a kitchen table. We don’t have an eat-in kitchen. Just a dining room table–or take into the family room, which we do most of the time. We have nothing on the dining room table but a lamp and a vase of flowers.
Lynn
I was totally into the kitchen when you described it..you really do have such a wonderful command over the English language. marilyn
I love your comments on Bookie’s. You really should be an editor. It’s delightful to see someone be objective and show love and encouragement while being direct and honest. You do have a gift Pru!
You really are an editor aren’t you?
Have you read The Alphabet and The Goddess? It makes me think of you.