Meredith and John bought a home together on Wintermute Street. It’s a strange name for a street. What on earth is a Wintermute? My guess is it describes the momentary speechlessness after somebody winds up and wheels a snowball hard and fast at your face.Their house on Wintermute includes a Receiving Room which they just painted red. Again, what on earth is a Receiving Room? Is it a glorified vestibule? None of us are really certain of the formalities that are supposed to take place in this allocated space. Should I have brought the new homeowners a housewarming plant that they could have received here? Or maybe I was supposed to let myself in through the front door to find Mer- and J-Lo waiting here to receive their next guest.
We stood for a while considering the receiving room. I suggest they refurbish a bunch of their shower gifts and maybe last year’s Christmas presents and call it a Giving Room. At least that way they’d be Receiving a lot more company all the way out in Belle River…
