Where I’m Writing From

I finished setting up my desk yesterday.  It’s in the bedroom.

My desk is always in the bedroom, and Martin’s is always in the living room.  It doesn’t seem to matter where we are.  It always ends up this way after plenty of conversation.  I don’t know why, but I do very much love my new home.

I seem to keep my desk very simple.  My MacBook is from 2007.  I prefer Pages over Microsoft Word at any moment (though I was slow to make the switch).  And Martin says I am very good at polishing the keys.  i.e.  I type a lot.  You can see our bed in the background – also very simple.  I would love to upgrade to some beautiful sheets and a duvet cover.  But for now we chose other things – like the experiences of the past year in Germany.

For the first time, the printer is by me, right between the bed and my desk.  It makes managing my shop so much easier.

Our desks and mattress are the only pieces of furniture that belong to us in this house.  It helps to have a piece of our own here.

Our bedroom doesn’t actually have a door.  The fourth wall is a series of large white canvas curtains that we can open and close as we wish.  I tucked my desk up against them, as you probably noticed on the entire right side of the first picture.  That way when I look up, I can see this:

There are so many things in front of me to look at.  Sometimes those things are little spiders and ants in all that aloe.  You really learn to relax your expectations and requirements in the world when you live in the country.  Otherwise you go crazy.  (A big thanks goes to Martin for handling the mice and mouse traps – I still can’t deal with that.)

I watched those deer stroll across the long grass in front of the house, and all they did was reach down to eat the dandelions.  Pop.  Pop.  Into their mouths went every blooming yellow dandelion.

What do you like to look at from your desk?  A pretty picture on the wall?  Maybe a window or your favorite wall color?  Then there are always the little details like a handmade pencil cup.  What makes your space matter to you?