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I have a new desk.
In April, I moved offices for the first time in my career. My last office was small, having previously been subleased as a satellite office by the group I started with. When they shut down operations and I stayed, I took it over. This included a small, basic desk. It was nothing fancy, a pressboard student desk.
In the late 1960s, my dad was starting his law practice, and bought a HUGE desk. It was top of the line and cost a few hundred dollars then (no idea what it would be now) – more than he could afford – but he knew it would be the centerpiece for his law practice. So he bought it.
He practiced law for almost 40 years at the desk, and then put it in storage for me. I always wanted to use it, but my last office was too small. The desk was too big for the 9-by-9 room I spent almost 15 years working out of.
So when I moved, a room big enough for me and this desk was a key requirement. It was a joy to set it up finally. It even has my dad’s old markings on the bottom to show where to put the screws during assembly. It has eight enormous drawers and a beautiful curved top. The center is darker where his leather blotter covered it for 40 years.
My dad got to see the desk only once in my office, and he was pleased to see it in its second life. With him now gone, my daily time spent at it, although still filled with everyday work, is somehow more special. It is a connection between us. I think of all the hours he put in at it to support his family and am happy to be using it now for mine.
Thank you, dad.
Dr. Block has a solo neurology practice in Scottsdale, Ariz.
I have a new desk.
In April, I moved offices for the first time in my career. My last office was small, having previously been subleased as a satellite office by the group I started with. When they shut down operations and I stayed, I took it over. This included a small, basic desk. It was nothing fancy, a pressboard student desk.
In the late 1960s, my dad was starting his law practice, and bought a HUGE desk. It was top of the line and cost a few hundred dollars then (no idea what it would be now) – more than he could afford – but he knew it would be the centerpiece for his law practice. So he bought it.
He practiced law for almost 40 years at the desk, and then put it in storage for me. I always wanted to use it, but my last office was too small. The desk was too big for the 9-by-9 room I spent almost 15 years working out of.
So when I moved, a room big enough for me and this desk was a key requirement. It was a joy to set it up finally. It even has my dad’s old markings on the bottom to show where to put the screws during assembly. It has eight enormous drawers and a beautiful curved top. The center is darker where his leather blotter covered it for 40 years.
My dad got to see the desk only once in my office, and he was pleased to see it in its second life. With him now gone, my daily time spent at it, although still filled with everyday work, is somehow more special. It is a connection between us. I think of all the hours he put in at it to support his family and am happy to be using it now for mine.
Thank you, dad.
Dr. Block has a solo neurology practice in Scottsdale, Ariz.
I have a new desk.
In April, I moved offices for the first time in my career. My last office was small, having previously been subleased as a satellite office by the group I started with. When they shut down operations and I stayed, I took it over. This included a small, basic desk. It was nothing fancy, a pressboard student desk.
In the late 1960s, my dad was starting his law practice, and bought a HUGE desk. It was top of the line and cost a few hundred dollars then (no idea what it would be now) – more than he could afford – but he knew it would be the centerpiece for his law practice. So he bought it.
He practiced law for almost 40 years at the desk, and then put it in storage for me. I always wanted to use it, but my last office was too small. The desk was too big for the 9-by-9 room I spent almost 15 years working out of.
So when I moved, a room big enough for me and this desk was a key requirement. It was a joy to set it up finally. It even has my dad’s old markings on the bottom to show where to put the screws during assembly. It has eight enormous drawers and a beautiful curved top. The center is darker where his leather blotter covered it for 40 years.
My dad got to see the desk only once in my office, and he was pleased to see it in its second life. With him now gone, my daily time spent at it, although still filled with everyday work, is somehow more special. It is a connection between us. I think of all the hours he put in at it to support his family and am happy to be using it now for mine.
Thank you, dad.
Dr. Block has a solo neurology practice in Scottsdale, Ariz.
