My thanks to Mike S, Robert K. Jamie R., Rudi P, Barbara M., Melissa H., Gerald S., Vivian A., Joseph C., Kathleen P., Joe S., Steven W., Johanna S. with their title suggestions and insights.
The more suggestions that came in, the more 'food for thought' I saw how the simple common table plays a supporting role in everyday life...in poems, in myths, in world history and even the common vernacular. In all it took me two days of discovery and collecting my thoughts in the description that fully sets the table as a -gathering place- from the Knights of the Round Table to Folkmoot to the Last Supper to the Declaration of Independence to Family Life to the common saying of "bringing something to the table."
In all, the heart of it is: At Journey's End, the table is the gathering space where life and magic unfold.
And thanks to Andy P. and Barbara S for the laugh - after all that thinking my brain needed something light-hearted. Thanks for 'bringing that to the table".:-)
***Edward, I did take your suggestion to heart - it was a little too dark so levels & curves and some layers brought it out more.