“…a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?” That Robert Browning line from a poem came to mind as I was listening to my friend, (secret agent name, “Barbara”) chat about her upcoming family shindig. Her exact quote, “I’m using the dining room as a staging area….”
My sister is using her dining room as a staging area for back-to-college wares. My dining room is currently a staging area for a soirée I’m hosting Saturday evening. The annual taxes get staged and sorted on the dining room table. Pre-trip packing occurs on the table. LEGO creations used to be constructed on the dining room table. I see why many new homes ditched the dining room, but I ask, “Then where is the staging area?”
Perhaps the question could be, “…a person’s dining room should have dinners galore, or what’s a table for?” And wouldn’t that be exceeding a grasp?