Standing Desks

On page 221 of the first edition of Pearl's The Dante Club is mention of a "standing desk" against which Longfellow leaned. "At last," I thought, "I know the name of the piece of furniture I saw at Hemingway's home." That's where I bought the brick that I've decided is my writer's block as in a base, a firm foundation. Well, it's really a footrest. So I Googled "standing desk" and found that many writers of the 17th and 18th centuries used them. I wonder who Papa was emulating? I'd like to have a standing keyboard desk, especially since developing some lower back problem that hurts worse when sitting. I suppose I could just pile up some of Hemingway's books in front of the monitor and perch the keyboard atop them. What a vision!

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