Clearing the cobwebs, part I

Over the years I have kept notes about things that I find interesting or might want to write a story about. I have files with several half-finished and half-baked tales (including one about my cats that I can’t believe I haven’t finished yet). I have stacks of articles for research into even more narratives and then … and then I have the scribbles on assorted napkins, thoughts scrawled on scraps, and musings that festoon (I LOVE that word) my desktop calendar pad.

It is the latter I will be confining myself to this time.

Just so you know—if you didn’t—the latter is the last thing in a list jus...