There hangs a king-size map of the world in our kitchen.
How it ended up there is a short story, but how it continues to affect our lives and conversations, is an on-going and interesting process .
The wall it now so efficiently masks bore pock marks and rendered sitting and enjoying a meal at the table, an unaesthetic experience. A thoughtful donation by an Ukranian ex-neighbor, and that is how the map found its way across the table, delicately flavoring our daily meals (the detailings in Ukranian notwithstanding!)
Anyway, we are still able to decode it.
The kitchen, is a haven for small talk, extended talks, gossip, invited friends. Inevitably we wind up looking at the Map, and either conversations flow from it, or start at a different note and end up there. It's always handy to have a visual picture of where we stand and where the nations whose politics we indulge in or people we discuss, stand. Travel dreams often stem from it and my geography has vastly improved in the process.
I see what a great asset it can be and when I imagine having a house of my own, sometime in the future a Map automatically features in it.
At the moment, we use my rolling pin to point out some of the inaccessible places on the map, getting a long stick/laser pointer would certainly make things easier !
How it ended up there is a short story, but how it continues to affect our lives and conversations, is an on-going and interesting process .
The wall it now so efficiently masks bore pock marks and rendered sitting and enjoying a meal at the table, an unaesthetic experience. A thoughtful donation by an Ukranian ex-neighbor, and that is how the map found its way across the table, delicately flavoring our daily meals (the detailings in Ukranian notwithstanding!)
Anyway, we are still able to decode it.
The kitchen, is a haven for small talk, extended talks, gossip, invited friends. Inevitably we wind up looking at the Map, and either conversations flow from it, or start at a different note and end up there. It's always handy to have a visual picture of where we stand and where the nations whose politics we indulge in or people we discuss, stand. Travel dreams often stem from it and my geography has vastly improved in the process.
I see what a great asset it can be and when I imagine having a house of my own, sometime in the future a Map automatically features in it.
At the moment, we use my rolling pin to point out some of the inaccessible places on the map, getting a long stick/laser pointer would certainly make things easier !
