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I made the most of the holiday I think. I did Nia, the dance class at the Y that I love most of all. Then I drove two towns over to drop the legs of an old 1920s table off at Michael’s house. (And it’s not just any table; it’s the table once belonging to Michael’s great grandmother when she a new bride in this new bustling country I will maybe also say it’s not just any Michael but our own Michael, our own final child, a child no longer alas alas.)
Here he is with Old Dave a few years back:
I had refinished the table legs for him and was carrying them up his driveway to leave on his back porch. It’s a pretty tight fit with his car right there as you can see.
Somehow my back pocket got caught on the faucet and Shot a world of water all down the inside of my pants.
That was pretty funny, if damp. I don’t have a picture of my pants but here at the top is a picture of the table legs where you may or may not be able to see the drops of water.
Then … it was back to my house to collect these two guys so we could have lunch together and they could carry a big seven-foot long buffet from the cellar and put it in the back of the Red Dragon here. Machias is striking a pose for fun and Gamaral is just looking grave and intelligent the way he always does.
That done, they played touch football out front, with three other boys and I went upstairs to write.
The clouds had come in by then but I was happy because I knew we were going to our girl Annie’s house for dinner as soon as I finished dropping the buffet off at her sister’s house. It was for her sake I did all this work.
Annie fed us well – she always does. David left at 7:00 to play tennis and Watch Monday Night Football with his pals but I stayed until almost 10:00.
So there it is, a day like many another day, with not much work and many small pleasures.
Well spent ! Well enjoyed!
