Sunday, December 23, 2007

Yesterday I purchased a gliding rocking chair, complete with a gliding footstool, and I spent a good portion of the day easing my way through a book as I flowed back and forth in the rocker. It’s a marvelous invention. I’m not sure I’ve ever been more comfortable in a chair. As the rocker slid to and fro and the pages in my book seemed to turn themselves, I felt like I was floating on the gentlest of ships.

Actually, I felt like I was continually floating on this second day of my winter holiday. It was a day of ease and wellbeing for lucky me. After a simple lunch in my apartment, I drove to Mystic and enjoyed a cup of tea with my daughter, up from Brooklyn for a holiday visit. We then took an unhurried walk among the festive stores, catching up on each other’s news. The Mystic River was almost motionless as we crossed the bridge, and even the crowds of shoppers seemed to be moving at a peaceful pace.