A tip for at-home entertainment
by chuckofish
Well, one tip is to have a birthday. It was lovely on Tuesday to receive messages from friends and family, open presents, and enjoy flower deliveries for my somewhat surreal 30th birthday. But of course we aren’t all so lucky to celebrate such milestones in quarantine…
So another thing to do is pull out your coffee table books!
DN compiled a huge stack of ours to make a tower for Zoom calls. (We all know that camera angle is very important if you are going to have to stare at your own face for several hours a week.) The stack inspired me to look through a bit of my collection.
Some of the birthday boxes have not yet been tidied…
Reading about the Missouri Botanical Garden
This book is about art and Walt Whitman — I’ve always loved portraits of him
But I never knew there was a bronze cast of his right hand at the Library of Congress!
Nor did I know much about Mondrian’s painting before the color blocking grid paintings
You see, there’s plenty to keep us entertained at home. Personally, I have found it a bit hard to focus on literature, even as I’ve suggested re-reading Moby-Dick and I started The Scarlet Letter in pre-quarantine days. Sheltering in place causes a bit of ADHD, I think. But even I can handle a coffee table book — and learn a thing or two in perusing it!
dual personalities 
You are so right! I was just thinking how lucky I am to have so many books right at my fingertips ready to read. Coffee table books are a great idea!
Sometimes I’m just in the mood to look at pictures. It’s a good way to get ideas and it”s very relaxing.
I was just talking to Mom about how little reading I’ve done over the past almost five weeks! Great post!