That solid, sturdy, heavy, large piece of furniture daunted you? Damn—all those LINKS daunted me. I was bloody exhausted after working through that paragraph—and then there was MORE to read. Discursive Dan—that’s your new name.
Seriously, though—it’s interesting how an inanimate object can make us feel connected with ourselves somehow. I really did enjoy reading your perspective, and I loved the photos :)
enjoyed all of this dan, but your last paragraph about zach and the mirror gave me chills. good chills. lovely.
that’s actually not such a new name, though I’m not proud of the circumstances. And it occurs to me that I never did show the whole thing at once, nor the newly painted pine drawers. That’ll be up soon, I suppose. As with most good things in life.
You’re not supposed to hold babies up to mirrors. They lose part of their souls or something. At least according to the crazy neighbor lady who scared the shit out of me when she shrieked at me after I held her baby up to a mirror. She’s lucky I didn’t drop the kid for all the fuss she made.
Dan, Do you imagine that that bureau will someday be Zach’s? Quite a legacy piece for him to inherit.
More importantly, did you watch last evening’s Gilmore Girls?
I never really connected with the furniture I had as a youth. Of course there is the fact that I never really connected with much of anything as a youth!
ok, I’m depressed now!
This has been a fascinating series of posts Dan.