Reading retreat

[pegkerr]

One of the features of the new offices of my employer is a little balcony patio just off the reception area, furnished with bistro tables and chairs and giant pots of cheerful red geraniums. For the past few months, I have been taking my book out there to read during my morning and afternoon breaks, propping my feet up on one of the little iron wrought tables, lulled by the sounds of traffic below on Washington Avenue. What has been so wonderful about it is that it has given me an opportunity to be exposed to the sun during the middle of the work day--I work in an interior corridor with no windows. I realized how much I have come to depend on that sliver of sunlight today when I looked out ruefully at the rain on the balcony, and thought of the snowy months to come when a retreat to the balcony would not longer appeal.

At home, I love to read on my front porch (which will also not be much fun during winter). I thought about it and realized I don't otherwise really have one designated reading place in my house. I'll read anywhere--stretched out on my bed, at the dining room table, in my office in the little chair now covered with a new rich red velveteen throw.

What are some of your favorite places to curl up with a good book? What makes it especially appealing to you?

Comments

[rysmiel.livejournal.com]

I got in the habit, in 1997 and 1998 when living in a really tiny one-bedroom flat, of reading exclusively in bed, that being basically the only comfortable thing to sit on in the room. I've never got out of it.