by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n
Here is a little secret about me:<\/p>\n
When I walk through any store that sells writing instruments and writing surfaces, I stop and wonder how it would feel to write words with those instruments on those surfaces.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It doesn’t matter what type of store it is. Grocery stores sell “school supplies.” I stop and look at the pens and pencils and the different notebooks, pads, and paper. I stand there staring for five minutes. I don’t know what people think I am doing, but my mind is racing through the different combinations of pen and paper. My fingers tingle trying to imagine the feel of each. When in grocery stores, I try to avoid the school supplies section.<\/p>\n
I have to go to the Office Depot to buy printer supplies. I run away from the pen and pencil section. I run away from the notebook section. Given all the possible combinations in a huge store like the Depot, I would never leave.<\/p>\n
I don’t know anyone else who has this same tendency. Perhaps there are millions of us out there all hiding this little secret.<\/p>\n
Is this tendency odd? Is it an affliction common to people who like to write?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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