Fireside Evenings — Perfect!
As we approach the first anniversary of “sheltering in place” (which for us is right here at home)… and now that we’ve had our two covid vaccinations… we are looking forward to getting out and about more. Or at least that’s what we tell one another.
But the truth of the matter is that we haven’t suffered all that much by staying at home. In fact, neither of us is much of a go-go sort. I do enjoy certain sorts of gatherings — openings at the Heritage Museum or local galleries, Community Historian classes and outings and, of course, parties. Otherwise — for shopping of any kind, I’d rather let my fingers do the walking and, once again, thank goodness for the internet.
Nyel, on the other hand loves to shop — but only in the old-fashioned sense of looking, looking, looking. “For what?” I ask him. “Nothing,” is the usual response. Thank goodness. Because the only places he “shops” are thrift stores, junk shops and, occasionally, salvage yards. I try to bite my tongue. What we don’t need is more junk. Now I lament that those forays of his are pretty much past… now that he’s been confined to a wheelchair. As in be careful what you wish for.
Best Place Ever For Relaxing and Visiting and Watching the Tides Change
What we’ve both missed most during this sheltering time is seeing our friends. We’ve always done a lot of hosting right here at home. It’s a house that is happiest when it is full of people or so it has always seemed to me. My mother and her six siblings were raised here and continued coming back as adults and bringing their own families. During my childhood, I associated “Granny and Papa’s House” with talk and laughter and people everywhere. When it was our turn to move in, Nyel and I continued the full-house tradition — the best way we could. By hosting parties and gatherings and house concerts.
So the sheltering hasn’t been all that difficult from a leaving-home-standpoint. I wonder, though, when it is finally unnecessary… will we feel the need to leave home at all? And if not, will we call our condition “agoraphobia? ” I hope not. “Homebodies” sounds better…
well…you can always attend fisher poets. i know you mentioned the effect of covid on fisheries…billie delaney of brownsmead is speaking on it right now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtLqx8mpUz8&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=FisherPoetsGathering2021