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Some many kinds

2/23/2015

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I came to Starbucks today to write.  It's a rainy Monday here in the south and I think my whole town is here with me.  I want to sit at a table where I can put my laptop, but they are all occupied.  I scan the room and find a seat in the corner, so I take it.  My laptop on my knees and my coffee next to me....I'm ready for some creative writing to take place...


I don't know if any of you frequently visit Starbucks, but I may be slightly addicted.  I love a good cup of coffee and yes, there are days I drink one too many lattes!  Usually, I am in and out with coffee in hand.  


Today, I came to sit and get my thoughts from my head to paper.  I look around and wonder how are these folks sitting here with laptops and headphones typing away?  The jazz music is coming through the speakers and there is a buzz of conversation filling the room.  I hear folks ordering non-fat lattes, some with coffee names longer than the alphabet.  I hear orders that have no fat, no milk, no sugar....it sounds like a mystery in a cup! I see men in business suits concentrating hard on their computer screens; I see ladies in yoga pants working diligently.  I even see doctors in scrubs with their laptops and headphones working away.  


Here I sit, watching everyone while searching for my same drive to concentrate; to block out the music, the conversation, the distractions.  I wonder do these folks come here often?  Do they work?  Are they trying to write like me?  It's an interesting crowd.  I could sit people watching being content and entertained.  Then I think about my goal and why I came here today.  I'm supposed to be working.  I'm snapped back into reality and begin typing away.  Before I know it, it's way past the time I allotted myself to be here.  I quickly pack up, run in the pouring rain to my car.  I have twenty minutes to get my youngest from preschool.  It was an interesting day.  I may not have written as much as I hoped.  There are so many kinds of interesting people; so many kinds that all look busy while sitting there with their computers.   This may seem odd, but it makes me giggle thinking about it.  


Wherever your day took you; wherever your head wandered...I hope that you were able to be productive.  I'm not sure if I will make a habit of writing in a public place.  We'll see.  For today, I enjoyed it and I was able to observe some folks that made me laugh, some that intrigued me and some that made me say, "Huh?"


Fill your paper with breathings from your heart ~ William Wordsworth



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