I do not write diary entries. I’ve tried that before. Part of my day-to-day life is not worth discussing and another part should not be discussed in writing where it could come back to haunt me. There’s nothing particularly interesting in a blow-by-blow account of getting the kids to clean their rooms or of writing a brief and what I think about while doing these things I’d rather not say.

My relatives, particularly my in-laws, would be shocked to discover that I don’t say anything and everything that comes into my head. Even the principal of the kids’ school has indicated that I’m blunt. (Okay, so I told him that others have said I am blunt and he didn’t disagree. Still, the man is perfectly capable of disagreeing.) There has to be a point to what I’m saying though because I’m even more practical than I am blunt.

So, I’m trying a different approach. I plan to magnify small areas of my life. Everything looks more interesting under a microscope.

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