Eva’s Byte #371 – Objects of My Affection
Those on my desktop, the working surface of my desk.
My antique, office workhorse in maple finish is a beast of burden acquired in the Sixties. Over the course of more than fifty years, my desktop bore the brunt of a Smith-Corona typewriter during college, and a portable Singer sewing machine when I had a craft business. Ever since the start of my writing career, it hosts a desktop computer.
Perhaps the real story surfaces from the objects of my affection neatly arranged and precisely placed on my desktop. There, solely for the sentiments attached to each, they transcend their physical properties.
?In no particular order:
Photo of a loved one
Cup and saucer from the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. Resting inside the cup—a gnome from Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland, named Bronner. ?Along the rim of the saucer, a catnip banana, one of my dearly departed Hope’s favorite toys.
Flaky, a hanging gnome dangles inside a lampholder on the back right corner of my desk.?Thom, an upright gnome, stands on the opposite corner.
A nondescript rock I associate with Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights: “My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary.”
Glass heart paperweight
Small box of pennies from heaven
Three pieces of sea glass
?In the capacity of a writer, I’ve begun drafting Ch. 14 (313 words) along my Contemporary work in progress.
*May the objects of your affection, whatever and wherever they may be, channel peace and tranquility.?
?My sincere appreciation if you’ve read this far.
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