Home Is...

[poliphilo]

That may have been our last protracted stay at the old house. We've left essential furniture in place, but it's looking denuded and sorry. Emotionally I seem to be coping. I keep asking myself if I'm OK and the answer thus far has been, "Sure".

Last time we put the house on the market I had to choose between withdrawing it or having a nervous breakdown. The difference this time is- I suppose- that selling up is only part of a larger plan. Last time we didn't really know what we were going to do next.

Also the old house no longer feels like home. Question: What is there left to keep us in Oldham? Answer: Ailz's mother. Quite.

Today I've been processing the things we brought down in the car. Our pictures are going up on the walls, our books are filling the cupboards. The farm isn't exactly home, but it's getting to feel more and more like it.

Comments

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

Value is what value brings! During our move the top of my great-grandmother's cousin's pedestal broke in two, and the insurance will not cover the repair as it's more than the item's value. Well, not to me!

(I mean, I fully understand that they will only cover a certain amount, and to be quite honest that amount is probably higher because it's an American insurance company, so a piece of furniture from around 1900 is seen as very rare and they will pay out the full insurance sum which is more than the piece is worth on the Danish market for sure! I mean, it's an ugly old piece of Danish Victoriana, and quite frankly I'm not even sure it could be sold for five quid!)

But there's monetary value and there's real value to the owner, and I bet each of those coasters bring you more value in your day-to-day life than if they were antique sterling silver!Just like I love my ugly old pedestal that I've had since I was 5 because nobody else wanted it.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The coasters are in primary colours and shaped like funny little fat men- rather like Pere Ubu. Also they link together to form a ring. They make me smile.