Of course I keep a notebook. The older you get the less you remember. Those of you in your twenties or so just wait you'll understand. Now write that down in your notebook and look back in about 20 years. I'll still be around for you to tell me I was right. Joan Didion was exactly right in her essay. Things that may never be repeated outloud are in those notebooks. I believe there is a bit of narcissism in all of us once in awhile and if you can't say anything nice put it in your notebook. I like the idea of a notebook rather than a diary, I'm really not trying to hide any of my nasty secrets from anyone I want a place to go when I believe my thoughts are valid and no one is listening. A place where I express what I believe to be creative. A place where the events of the day are laid to rest and looked upon in laughter years later. A place where my mothers best angel food cake recipe always turns up. And in a way a place where I am hidden. It's my crepe-de-Chine wrapper.
Bobbi Irwin
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