Karen and Erik

Erik - at his desk, with both his laptop and desktop monitor lighting his face. He is concentrating on a work project.
Karen - on the sofa behind the desk, typing her second blog post of the day and about to work on her knitting.
Stanley - lying underneath Erik’s work chair, having just tried to climb into his Daddy’s lap. That’s his new thing lately, to crawl up into Erik’s lap to cuddle. Well, “crawl” as much as an 86 lb. dog can.
Fred - not in the room, but somewhere upstairs. Waiting. Judging.

It’s a lovely, quiet moment. Even if we are listening to this, CRANKED.