Alum Creek State Park is 15 minutes away from IKEA in Columbus.  My travel trailer is a toyhauler, so has a loading ramp.  I took advantage of that happy coincidence to buy a new couch.  I bought my last couch at the Pittsburgh IKEA when I moved into Dover Farms apartments.  That was after my first year teaching at Normandy, so 27 years ago.  Time flies.

When I sold my Cleveland Heights house, I sold all my furniture.  That house was built in 1930, and had many vintage accoutrements.  The modern oak furniture would have been too bulky and massive for a contemporary apartment.  Dover Farms was a nice, modern apartment complex, so I wanted my furniture to be compatible.  IKEA was a revelation. 

I brought most of my furniture to this house, and supplemented with more from IKEA.  Buying furniture is a tedious chore, but going to IKEA is fun.  I know that no part of my house will ever look like those display rooms at IKEA, but I can’t help trying.

Because Sparky has a bohemian disregard for modesty, the image was censored for propriety.  Sparky doesn’t agree.  That’s just how he likes to watch TV, and people should accept him for who he is.