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farewell, old chair

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kokubunji, 2023.10.12

My work-from-home chair has packed it in. When I assembled it three years ago, I had the distinct impression that the mechanism that attached the back to the arms and seat looked a bit iffy and sure enough, that's where it's come undone.

Next year my company will have a lot of furniture to unload, so I'm hoping we can buy some chairs that way. In the meantime, I've bought another inexpensive one.

This reminds me of a time in the '90s when my employer had a lot of furniture to unload. Some colleagues and I spent our Saturday with a rented truck delivering that to everyone in the company who bought things. Still not sure why we did that!

rand()m quote

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

—Henry Ellis