I completed most of Part 2 of Section One of getting the basement in order. I had a fire burning while I did the dirty work and then I sat and enjoyed its warmth and watched a movie, sitting in my Morris chair.

This is the chair my mother sat in when she was little and sick and the chair I sat in under the same circumstances. Grandma would put a table leaf across the arms and it made a nice little desk. Then, when I was tired, I would push the plunger on the side and recline.

One arm has the curve sawed partly off so it would fit in a certain spot when Mother was little. Bing Crosby once mentioned his Morris chair in song lyrics. And, actually, I still put a table leaf across the arms. It’s an old-fashioned recliner and that’s okay.