A preponderance of words
spilled spread
pressed onto page upon page
One hundred years of journals for a life half that long To wit, a startling number of blank notebooks traveling across time from desktop to shelf to box in a cellar only to re-emerge: a practical curiosity what was it I wanted to say? among these finds also greeting cards unused still waiting to say Happy Birthday or Thank You in mint condition with an uncertain future stationary stationery - a memoir Why is life like a junk drawer stuffed full of minutiae? my miscellany runneth over keys, stamps, coins, love letters antacids, business cards, memory stick AAs, safety pins, expired warranties erasers and pens, bank statements. In the end, there will come The Great Disposal Until such a time journals will fill and be lost journals will be bought and set aside journals will be kept and leafed through journals will be my junk drawers for the duration.
Sherri's Slice of Life Project 
Ughh this is just so beautiful, the purposeful words choices and the imagery you evoke. It made me think of my own journal drawers, hidden in my childhood best friend’s room, so my family might never find those middle grade musings that works surely shock them…
I really appreciate your writing, Sherri. Each word dangles like a gift.
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You have me thinking of life as a junk drawer…and out actual junk drawer. I did try to clean it out recently. I could part with the junk, I just moved it around. Such is life.
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I’m with Jess. It’s hard to part with the junk. I always seem to just move it around. And yes, each item has a story, even the stationary stationery. I also have a lot of that. This is a beautiful post, full of things so many people relate to and seeds of stories.
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This is such a powerful post – you bring together nostalgia for memories, along with the melancholy of knowing that life is short, and bittersweet, and loaded with more than we can possibly hold in the “junk drawers” of our lives. So much to think about here. Thank you.
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Journals as junk drawers – yes. Yes to all of this!
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