After a good place to read, a good desk is critical to a good life. How do you know if you have a good desk? There is no one quality which defines a good desk. You may organize your life in its drawers and baskets. You may sit and stare away from it as you weave the structure of a story or seek the images of a poem. You may have your computer there and connect to all the world. Or you may write only to yourself in a blank-book journal with a pen given you by a good friend. But there is one experience common to all who have a good desk. When you sit down at it, if you pause for a moment, you will feel good and know that the desk is yours.
