COFFEE CHAT: NEW WAYS TO ENJOY OLD ROUTINES…

Welcome to another Coffee Chat, in which we share bookish and not so bookish thoughts.  Head on over to Bookishly Boisterous to add your link.

 

It is early morning here in the Central Valley of California, and I am doing something unusual.  For me.  I’m writing my Coffee Chat blog post a day early…and while the night is slowly dying around me, I am feeling hopeful about the day.  A friend is coming by later to take me for coffee.  The very same friend whose call came just when I needed to be rescued…and the 911 shout out she made for me changed my life.  For the past two-and-a-half weeks, I have been  hibernating, in a way.  Healing, making changes, and staying in a house that is not my own.

• My daughter has set up a little desk for me in her guest room, and it is here that I write book reviews and the occasional blog post.  And watch live streaming shows, since I don’t have any of my TVs here!
• She has set up her FB page with photos of many of my collectibles, which she is selling for me.  I’m sure some of the items are familiar to those who read my blogs…I tend to spotlight them regularly.  When they have all gone to their new homes, I hope to have a few remaining treasures around me.  Like this favorite Jelly Cupboard that has followed me from place to place.

• Another old favorite from the 1970s: an antique ice cream table that I’ve used for book stacks, photos, or sometimes even as a game table.  (Below) I used it as a side table in my former home in the foothills.

• The best part of moving is how a new space with old favorites can become a completely revamped environment.  And the view from my back window is a gorgeous garden space to enjoy as I savor my new world.
• A little bit optimistic?  Well, yes, as I slowly heal and learn how to navigate while mixing the old with the new…I can continue favorite routines like reading, blogging, and connecting with others who are doing the same.
• This week, I finished reading and reviewing The First Mistake, by Sandie Jones (click for review).  It is a NetGalley ARC releasing on June 11.
• Then I started another one with the same release date:  Those People, by Louise Candlisch: From the author of the international bestseller Our House, a new novel of twisty domestic suspense asks, “Could you hate your neighbor enough to plot to kill him?”
• I’m already caught up in all the drama of it.  As if I need any more of that in my life right now!

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So…as I wake early and begin to find new ways to fit old routines into my new “normal,” I am grateful for the opportunity to do the things I love, surrounded by a few of my favorite things.

How is your day shaping up?

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