one of the things that feels very different since being home from Ethiopia is my new found love for my "so-old-it-is-almost-a-vintage-classic" plaid couch. really, a simple trip to another country and i'm loving it once again. just like i did back in 1995 when we unwrapped that beauty back on Hagle Street...it is soft, warm, apparently very stain resistant, of amazing quality (who knew??) and pretty much just like new :). prior to Africa i'd been scheming up ways that we could replace the couch and matching loveseat. simply because it is.....ahem.....a touch "dated". (the picture is for you Carl, because i knew you were so curious. :) come and visit soon and i'll let you sit on it!)
now, however, i'm content with this relic. maybe it has something to do with seeing this.
and this....
A.J.'s relatives live here. that is all the furniture i saw. what they wouldn't do for a couch like ours....
North American society and culture has a way of stealing one's contentment, and fast. i pray this contentment lasts.
S.
Wow! What a stark difference between our culture and theirs. Maybe all North Americans need to take a trip a few times in a lifetime to see how good we really have it.
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Deborah
My circa 1980's bedroom decor salutes you!
ReplyDeleteShan, this makes our conversation about Christmas feel so right!
ReplyDelete(PS- my circa 1950's bedroom hand-me-downs salute you too!) :)
AM
We have the same set... yikes!!!
ReplyDeleteI have been struck with culture shock.
Thanks for the humble reminder.
Kelly
yayyyy Kelly!!!! nice to have another connection :) that is so funny....i love all the people coming out of the woodwork with their "vintage classics". i guess i'm not alone...hilarious.
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