Wednesday from the Cottage of Blog
I love the term "cottage." It conjures up images of old English gardens with a white house with a picket fence adorned with a rose trellis, a gorgeous flower garden of all varieties, a gazebo with lounge chair where one can read the summer afternoons away not being bothered by pesky mosquitos and wasps (it's screened, of course)
It donotes a cozy living room with overstuffed sofas, rocking chairs and stone fireplace with a picture of a famous race horse centering two floor to ceiling bookcases, filled with the great classics. Then there's the wooden steps leading to a bedroom loft (maybe two but not half so romantic for a romance novel) the down double/queen-size bed and a view of the garden below from the back window and the ocean and cliffs from the front. Going back down stairs once more, theres the old kitchen, which I can't describe (give me time) and another room which is the office. The office is the most modern of the rooms. It has a desktop, printer/scanner/fax all in one--lap top and Monitor with a 17-20 inch screen (sigh) Lots of writing room. I'd suggest an "El" where I type would overlook the ocean (would I ever get any writing done?) the long table would house my immediate necessities: thesaurus, dictionary, Chris Vogler, Pam McCutheon, Reverse ?Dictionary, Notebooks for WIP's, Stunk's lates grammar book, Writer's Market, Hero's and Heroines, Name sources, The
Oxford Book of Metaphors (or whatever that is I have on my desk at home) and lots of drawer space for copy paper, cartidges, well you know.
My cottage has a stone walkway leading down to the cliffs and a step of wooden steps that leads to the beach.
That's my Cottage of Blog. And my fantasy for the day.
I'm working on commiting my mother's poetry to tape today--maybe working on Legacy but I've been saying that for days.
Happy reading, writing and revising.
if any of you shoud want to respond and give me your idea cottage, I'd feel a lot less isolate in my Cottage of Blog.
Pat
It donotes a cozy living room with overstuffed sofas, rocking chairs and stone fireplace with a picture of a famous race horse centering two floor to ceiling bookcases, filled with the great classics. Then there's the wooden steps leading to a bedroom loft (maybe two but not half so romantic for a romance novel) the down double/queen-size bed and a view of the garden below from the back window and the ocean and cliffs from the front. Going back down stairs once more, theres the old kitchen, which I can't describe (give me time) and another room which is the office. The office is the most modern of the rooms. It has a desktop, printer/scanner/fax all in one--lap top and Monitor with a 17-20 inch screen (sigh) Lots of writing room. I'd suggest an "El" where I type would overlook the ocean (would I ever get any writing done?) the long table would house my immediate necessities: thesaurus, dictionary, Chris Vogler, Pam McCutheon, Reverse ?Dictionary, Notebooks for WIP's, Stunk's lates grammar book, Writer's Market, Hero's and Heroines, Name sources, The
Oxford Book of Metaphors (or whatever that is I have on my desk at home) and lots of drawer space for copy paper, cartidges, well you know.
My cottage has a stone walkway leading down to the cliffs and a step of wooden steps that leads to the beach.
That's my Cottage of Blog. And my fantasy for the day.
I'm working on commiting my mother's poetry to tape today--maybe working on Legacy but I've been saying that for days.
Happy reading, writing and revising.
if any of you shoud want to respond and give me your idea cottage, I'd feel a lot less isolate in my Cottage of Blog.
Pat
posted by Unknown at 11:10 AM
4 Comments:
I think I'd just like to move in your cottage ;)
But actually the cottage in my fantasy would be on the beach with everything you described except it would be built up a bit off the ground for when the tide comes in. So I guess I couldn't have a rose garden... it would be more like a boardwalk between the cottage and the beach.
Mary... who's ready to pack ;)
Oh Pat, I love the description of your cottage. My aunt used to live in such a place. One huge room downstairs with an enormous table in the centre, comfy chairs by the fire (also in that big main room), a small kitchen with NO RUNNING WATER (you got the water from a pump outside and heated it in a "copper" in the kitchen) and a storeroom. Two large bedrooms upstairs in the 'attic' area, with feather mattresses and comforters. No bathroom - there was a metal bathtub and you bathed in front of the fire in the main room (screened off from other folk). Outside a flower garden and a vegetable garden. Oh, and the toilet was outside too... But I loved it.
Elaine
Hi Pat.
i love your fantasy cottage. sounds like the perfect place to come after a long day of nonwriting stuff and just relax, land let creation flow. Very nice.
I'll have to think about my fantasy writing retreat a bit. Definitely beautiful views, a lot of forested land with large area for an orchard, a garden for veggies & herbs. Perhaps a small pond or a stream.
Head on over to my blog for the conclusion of this, I don't what get longwinded here. See ya soon!
My fantasy place is a winter cabin with a beautiful view of a lake. Lots of falling snow, a roaring fireplace and my computer. :-) Now that's paradise.
Tanya
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