Friday, January 30, 2015

Scattered Thoughts

A former student sent me a journal because it had a Kafka quote on the front and she was reminded of the class she took in high school. I was touched by the thoughtfulness and the reminder that a teacher's influence seldom wanes.

I put the little book in the decorative box next to my big chair, thinking I would use it in the future. I opened it a couple of days laters when I had no paper and jotted a thought. That experience has become a habit. A skim of a few pages offers a look into me:

  • Does hair conditioner really condition or does it merely coat hair?
  • Why does Marty Stuart wear an ascot?
  • I enjoy brief romances.
  • Which is the more powerful song: "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" or "Amazing Grace"?
  • When does rough weather become turbulence?
  • I envy my friends at the same time I cherish them.
  • Should you even try to fight Fate?
  • What if fairy tales were real?
  • I envy Barbara Machu Pichu, but not enough to go there. 
  • How will TBBT end?
  • Bookends are becoming scarcer.
  • All the ads and interviews prompting dieting or bariatric surgery discuss the health benefits (undeniable) while ignoring the cosmetic/emotional changes necessary after enormous weight loss. What do you do with all that extra skin hanging everywhere? How do you cope with the increase of attention after years of hiding?
  • Phone companies espouse great deals for families. Where are the ones for us singles? we are a huge demographic!
  • The Legends of Dining connect of spot meals would make a great tv show - chefs cooking in places with no electricity, no running water, no power tools.
  • I need to dust off the EOS and go take pictures!
  • I just sent a pic to Robert Reynolds from his high school days. One of the joys of retirement has been sharing old photos. No wonder Barbara is taking her pictures out of frames and putting them in albums. Perhaps photo albums will return?
  • I found a living sand dollar! How do they live anyway? I think they must east crabs as tree was a teeny, tiny crab caught in the one I found.
  • Are we still a military-industrial society or have we become and informational one?
  • Is it right to Goggle someone I just met?
  • I really like a recent commercial for some makeup product where the woman announces "I will illuminate every room I enter." What a magnificent goal!
  • I am not a Princess Grill type of woman.
  • Alaska 2016 - what to wear? where to go? what activity level?
  • I did not expect replacing my front fence to be such big deal? When did fencing become a landscape feature requiring more decisions than buying the house in the first place?
  • What's happening to Daytona? Why is Junior saying it will never be the same?
  • The Wrecking Crew - behind the scenes of rock and roll. What's the name of the musician Bill introduced me to when we met Stephen King? 
  • What becomes of used books that can't be sold or traded?
  • Why shouldn't reclaimed water be used to make beer?
  • HUGE sound from micro speakers - will teeny become the next big thing?
  • Is off-Broadway more influential than Broadway?

 NO doubt about it - I have a scattered brain! And I like it!