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notes from 1999

I needed something to write on yesterday. Something other than my computer which has morphed into a devilish link to all sorts of juicy, distractable distractions that might respond to me now. Or in another second. How can I not keep clicking all my inboxes to see? So, no I wanted pen on paper. I wanted to sit in the one room without wireless and write like I used to, without any temptation to click click click away. And that's when I found an old journal tucked into a basket next to a desk I never use any more and I opened it and found this on page one:

November 15, 1999:

It's like I have all the pieces to a very complicated jigsaw puzzle but I might be missing a few and I won't know until I try to complete it....

And when I read it I thought it seemed as if I was so close to figuring it out and now I'm not even sure what "it" is...

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Ah.... notebooks.

And the fragments inside -- nothing like them. At least yours have years attached to the dates. Here's one of mine from a March 17th some year:

Snow turns to milk
swimming through melting snow
milk warm
gray
dull - that gray agate stone...
clear

What was I on about?

REALLY happy to see you blogging here, Gail!

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thanks for the laugh Ericka.

thanks for the laugh Ericka. I especially like the underlined warm... I have obsure ones too will share more later great to reconnect with you so much lately... xo, g

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Yay!

Hi Gail! Lovely to see you...

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Kristy! How are you today?

Kristy! How are you today?