Five Years a Writer

William Morris design on a magnet There is nothing ‘designer’ about me or my home. I like what I like, things don't need to match, and labels don't impress me. But I do  appreciate the quote from British designer William Morris: “Own nothing … not useful or beautiful.”  Now, we could debate long and hard what ‘useful’ and ‘beautiful’ means to each of us, but when the Morris quote was the prompt in a writing group  recently , it got me thinking about my iPhone — a thing of both beauty and usefulness, in my view.  I was out for a walk one afternoon, my phone tucked into my back left pocket, and before I knew it my mind went down a creative rabbit hole: I would have a conversation with (not on) my iPhone! This is what I said.  ——————— You are so beautiful. Sleek, elegant, slim.  You are so useful — ever-present though easily muted, an easy fit in my back pocket, so handy, so wide reaching. And yet  — I don’t think William Morris would approve of you despi...