I'm working on finalizing another anthology. It's taking an inordinate amount of time. But good work, just like good trouble, is very gratifying.
I was fortunate on Sunday with a nearly 5 hour brunch with my daughter. My family are incredible talkers and I am so glad that she and grandgirl have inherited this trait. For example when my siblings were all here we often sat over dinner for 6 or 7 hours with occasional stretches and never ran out of conversation. We cover everything, history, politics, religion, health and circle back again. Our sibling Zooms every Sunday for the last 6 years have us tearing ourselves off after several hours.
I know it's unusual as when I mention this to others their mouths fall open. They're of the gulp and gallop school when it comes to meals. I've often been left baffled in others' homes when everybody gets up after quickly ingesting.
The wee fledgings wake me up now at 3.30 a.m. There are many nests in the trees outside.
Then the dawn, sometimes drowning in colour even in the west out my window. Or a decent fog which shutters any other noises. I love fog. Always have.
The long summer days are so very good here in the northern hemisphere.
There's a list of us waiting for our spots in the greenhouse (above).
I am so very grateful to be living in this gorgeous spot.
Family conversation is for many, if not most, a lost art. Kudos to you for keeping it alive. When Miriam and I eat dinner (just the two of us) it tends to be quite a quick affair, but if we have company we can linger for a couple of hours without difficulty.
ReplyDeleteI agree David, a lost art. Many houses keep the TV rolling during meals.I was thinking of starting a conversational group with my writers - a monthly at a coffee shop.Whoever wants to come comes, no pressure kind of thing.
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That would be my dad, and we always joked about it: come for supper, eat, and bolt.
ReplyDeleteMind you when he'd visit me, he'd have lunch and then sit at the table to visit with me for 3 hours. But I don't think anyone in our family ever believed it when I told them.
Comfy chairs make a big difference, I said.
I'm drooling over that greenhouse.
Wonderful greenhouse, I'm quite green with envy over it.
ReplyDeleteWe do not do dinner conversations, but after dinner ... We eat and drink, then its time for coffee, tea, cakes and talk. Then for a walk and talk ... But yes it is an endangered form of being together.