Tuesday, November 15, 2016

I am relieved to tell you that Tom and I have finally found a place to live in Portland. I am amazed to tell you that this is the view from the front window:


Thanks to a gallery connection of Tom's, we lucked into an affordable second-floor apartment on the Eastern Promenade. The apartment has one gorgeous room, a couple of perfectly fine rooms, and a terrible tiny kitchen. But it has space for a version of our stuff, and space for a few visitors, and space for Ruckus, and once I spent a year cooking in a kitchen that didn't even have a sink so this kitchen is 100 percent better than that one.

Amusingly, the most beautiful room in the apartment is our bedroom. It has a fireplace, and a view of the sea, and a deck with room for chairs and flowers, and a window seat. I said to Tom that we will have to be like Colette and entertain in our boudoir. It would not be fair to keep visitors out of that room.

I know we can't limit ourselves to three rooms forever, but already the prospect of living in a place this beautiful makes us feel as if we're going on vacation for a year. I suppose after twenty years in the ugly town it's okay to take a break and pretend that we're the kind of people who are accustomed to living in Victorian houses by the sea. My north-country Puritan conscience thinks otherwise, but I'm working to squelch him.

8 comments:

Carlene said...

--what a lovely idea..."vacationing" for a year...you deserve the view, the fireplace, the adventure!
Congratulations on finding a place to ease your souls and your selves.

Ruth said...

And I find it interesting that your north-country Puritan conscience is masculine. Tap into Mistress Puritan conscience, as I'll bet she is thrilled, even if scretly!

I am so pleased that this step is a positive one. On to final packing and moving without worrying about living under a bridge until a huse comes along.

When I built my house, I lived for a year and 1 month in THE most amazing apartment I'd ever had. My new house did not compare except that it is mine.

Ruth said...

Secretly!!!! I did proof-read!!!

Dawn Potter said...

Oh, yes, Ruth, my north-country conscience is John Milton. No doubt about it!

Tom said...

Congratulations, Dawn! It will be good to have the leisure to find just the right place to buy.

Maureen said...

What a marvelous (and romantic) view, Dawn. So happy you and Tom found a place and get to share this.

Dawn Potter said...

Thank you all for your cheery congratulations! I am relieved to be seeing a way out of limbo.

Peg said...

I am so happy for you!