My Desk

I could write anywhere but most times I choose to write at a computer table in my office. It has all the elements that make it a perfect place for me: 

• Equipment. Computer interfaces (two displays, a wireless mouse, a keyboard) comfortably situated. A printer than can be turned on as needed. Task lighting secured to the desk and on an extendable arm; bright light from overhead and a tall floor lamp (rarely on)
• References. A calendar out of the way but within line-of-sight of my chair
• Chair. A Black Swopper Chair that makes it possible for me to move while I’m thinking or reading (i.e. any time I am not writing) and is comfortable enough when I am writing that it is the only chair in the room
• Beautiful views.
  • Behind one monitor - peacock feathers
  • Behind the other monitor - a Georgia O’Keeffe poppy poster
  • Slightly to the right - a window that looks out onto a forest (high enough to look at the middle of trees rather than the ground or the tops). The sheers framing the window have pockets to hold small items that are reminders of favorite people and places. Wind chimes hang from magnets stuck to the mini-blind frame
  • Slightly to the left - a bulletin board and a small (foot high) cloisonné covered folding screen (hiding wires)
  • Behind me - a Georgia O’Keefe prickly pear poster and some metal sculptures with a table below full of family pictures