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Show ' JCIST STUFF I've done it again I've lost my list. Obviously, it's too early for Christmas lists; my To Do list never gets made, and I'm not organized enough to put together a shopping list (I go shopping when the fridge is bare) Nope the list that I've lost is my "Ideas for Column" list. It only took a few months of writing "Just Stuff to find that ideas are hard to come by. Mom, with her wise words of wisdom (and seeing Dad through 30 years of writing the Rat Race) suggested I make a list and whenever an idea struck me write it down So I did. I had a long list of what I considered great ideas, that I'd gathered over the years, and they were great, until I tried to write about them. With pen in hand, my mind invariably drew a blank. The word on the list didn't jog my memory. I didn't know what I had intended when I wrote "Pillows" or "Leaf." Finally I smartened up and included notes and comments along wtih the often one-worded ideas. When I'd find myself in a pinch, in dire need of an idea, I'd turn to my trusty list and pull from a wealth of ideas. But now I've done it. Somewhere in my pile of treasures, my stacks of papers, my files of things, I've lost my list. Hopefully I will have found it, or have come up with an idea of my own by next week. |