sometimes one just has to be patient

It's hard, I know, but you cannot be in a rush when the creative juices are trying to flow. I spent 2 hours this morning in the bakery section of the mall in Keene, NH writing in a journal all in longhand ... don't you think everyone who came for their pastries and coffee was wondering ... Hey, what's that thing she's holding in her hand? She's making it move across a piece of paper. What is it? Could it be? Is it? Maybe, why yes, it is a pen!!!!! Why doesn't she have a laptop? Maybe she's a poor, starving writer of famous words that have yet to reach the multitudes!!!! It's hard not to stare at her, though. She looks so very thoughtful and intense just sitting there scribbling away!!! Ah yes, that's what the senior citizens and young mothers with 3 year olds were thinking to themselves. Now that I look back upon the scene I seem to remember the older groups of people having a good time ... talking and laughing, comparing BP numbers and tales of grandchildren. The young mothers, they were tired and just wanted to get out of the house for a while, sort of a let's just let the kids run off all their energy at the bakery, it's too rainy for them to go out and play thing. The moms just sat there sipping coffee half-heartedly with their heads resting in their hands and their eyes rolling. Been there, done that ... good to be on the AARP end of things!!!