Well, there’s history and there’s comfort. And there’s memories from years of having sunk into it on so many an ordinary day and a few extraordinary ones as well. What else is there? Well, there’s scrubbed over foodstains and sometimes surprising things that might emerge from the deep recesses of a couch: things like hairbands, candy-wrappers, sometimes slim paperbacks, and the ocassional remote-control!
So, here’s to the ubiquitous couch today. And not just any couch, mind you, but the new one in my bedroom! Because this past weekend, after ten years, the time had come to retire our old one and bring in a new one. So we can now create new history and new memories on it! And so it can give us (hopefully!) many years of comfort, of course.
In a popular expression of the day, here’s how I might capture this news: Couch from IKEA: $250. Time spent hauling it from store to house and putting it together: 4 hours. Sitting on it: Priceless!
And how do I dress up my couch? With the most exotic of cushions, each one a work of art itself because the front of each one is an intricate handwoven piece of kilim. For more on kilims, check out the wiki entry right here.
And finally, what’s a comfortable couch if you don’t have someone to share it with, right? And for that, my honey, aka, sweet husband, fits the bill very well!
And how does all or any of this even remotely qualify to find a place in a blog titled The Show Must Go On? Well, if you think about it, it qualifies beautifully: life is a show, and my couch is an essential accessory for this show! And for me, this is an event, if you will: an event that takes place perhaps once every decade! And as for those beautiful kilim cushions: well, I’ve had those for some years now in sundry places around the house, but brought together here on a brand new couch, it is as if a new life has been breathed into them even as they complement each other and serve as comfortable decorations to my couch.
Viva la vida! The show does indeed go on!
