A room with a view

Posted on | February 25, 2007 | 5 Comments

I wish I had thought to take a before picture, because the after is lovely but the context is missing.

my newly cleaned writing desk

This is what I spent a good part of my Saturday afternoon working on. In order to get the corner writing desk to this state of order I had to move six boxes of paperwork and old bills that have been stacked there since we moved in. The bottom box was a hodge podge of old AC adptors, license plates, CD cleaners, a cassette tape for learning Greek (!), dozens of concert tickets, a Ross Perot for President button, the reciept and other pieces of paperwork from the purchase of my first car. This, however, was not my box. This was a box Chris has apparently moved with him everywhere he’s ever gone since we left California in 1989 and split up. That was the car he bought me when we lived out there, a sweet red 5-speed Escort GT. Everything in the box was vintage ’80s. And smelled like it.

The small things I put in a cigar box with similar slips of paper, notes, tickets stubs and reciepts. The rest? Shhhhh.

So now I have this lovely spot to sit at the laptop without internet distraction, my Moleskines (one for garden writing, one for goals and such) and the books I use most often. See the Laura Ingalls Wilder? That’s the one Sandra gave me for inspiration. I read it often and have a ton of notes for response essays I want to write, but the notes pile up, the days fly by and alas, I’m way behind. But now it’s right there and the writing will come. I’m ready.

my newly cleaned writing desk

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Category: Little House in Ohio, Writing

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5 Responses to “A room with a view”

  1. librarygirl
    February 26th, 2007 @ 4:28 am

    Love the nook.
    Coincidentally, I’ve just re-read all the Laura Ingalls Wilder Little house books for the first time in over 20 years (just adored them when I was young). How absolutely fascinating it was to read them again with an adult and a mother’s perspective. I kept getting terrified for their safety in various situations and The Long Winter I almost found too painful too read… even though I knew a “happy ending” was coming up. Love them so much, still.

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  2. Cath
    February 26th, 2007 @ 3:27 pm

    Lovely, tranquil space! We really do need our own beautiful space to write. You are on your way here now!

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  3. Angelina
    February 27th, 2007 @ 1:40 pm

    That looks like a great writing space! So warm and inviting.

    Now I want to re-read Laura Ingalls Wilder.

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  4. her able hands » Blog Archive » Little House in Ohio, indeed
    February 28th, 2007 @ 6:03 am

    [...] The Laura Ingalls Wilder Book I mentioned isn’t one of the wonderful children’s novels. It’s called Little House in the Ozarks: A Laura Ingalls Wilder Sampler: The Rediscovered Writings. It’s a collection of incredible articles she wrote for Farmer’s Week about her life on the farm and her social and political thoughts and inspirations. [...]

  5. Barry
    March 6th, 2007 @ 12:10 pm

    Great space. I think I’ll go clean mine up this weekend.

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