And we’re back

Published on Friday July 17th, 2009

The comments are fixed! Turns out the “comments table” somehow got “locked” so nothing was able to go through. That means all your remarks on the post about the quilting projects hit a cyber wall and vaporized on impact, so if you feel inclined to try again I’d be delighted to read your opinions.

Now onward. This is the view from the living room couch on a warm summer evening.

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The camellia that screens the west windows casts shadows that dance on the ceiling. Pure pleasing happenstance that they harmonize with the overhanging branches in the painting above the mantel.

But warm summer evenings are not best spent in the cool shade of the living room. They are better enjoyed in spontaneous gatherings of neighbors on the front porch, several snug households sharing a couple of bottles of wine and bowls of fresh berries and cream, the burgeoning rumpus of small children hide-and-seeking and pool-wading and chalk-drawing. This I admire about kids: within moments of meeting, a shy three-and-a-half-year-old, her family’s houseguests visiting from Kenya (the children perhaps four and six), and a ten-year-old from down the street were all engaged in an enthusiastic game of tag/wrestling. No formal introductions or preamble. No need to hold anything in common except the joy of play.

2 Comments to “And we’re back”

  1. mamie Comment Says:

    so, on the quilt….absolutely beautiful and inspiring too. me thinks i am better suited to simple patchwork right now, but maybe someday. and on the children….i think that spontaneity and openness to simple joy is the best lesson i have learned from my boys yet. the belly laugh never felt so good.

  2. Seanna Lea Comment Says:

    Yeah, comments!

    I wish I weren’t quite so insular. I spend most of my time home either inside or in our back yard without anyone around. It’s very quiet and the only upside is that it means a batch of homemade frozen yogurt lasts a lot longer.