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The Joyful Invalid: On the Peculiar Pleasures of Convalescent Life at the Carva Household

Expect endless cycles of artisanal sourdough toast, secret-recipe ginger tea, and soups that actually have flavor.

No discussion of Carva fun would be complete without the animals. Besides Marmaduke the cat, there is a three-legged whippet called Bunting, who senses illness and appoints himself as a living, sighing hot-water bottle, pressing his bony flank against your legs. And in the garden, visible from the sick-room window, lives a flock of absurdly plump ducks, which Mr. Carva has named after Shakespearean tragedies. To watch King Lear and Ophelia bicker over a crust of bread while you sip your tea is a surprisingly potent form of existential therapy. Your own fever feels, by comparison, quite manageable. the fun convalescent life at the carva househol

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