Stacks

One headlight, on the passenger side, is out.

Two rubbery carrots, forgotten and left alone couldn't be salvaged.

Three fruit flavored Life Savers savored at the movie theatre while watching 'Pariah'.

Four books waiting to be read--a mystery, a memoir, a study guide for Acts, and a A Throughly Non-Standardized Text For Writing & Life

Five minutes needed to finish a saved crossword puzzle.

Six sided paper snowflakes mimic the real flakes while the real snow stays away.

Seven days of exercises to develop a plank flat belly.

Eight cookbooks on the shelf waiting to be opened. " It's time for a new recipe."

Nine stacked piles:

magazines to read,

old photos,

coupons that may be passed their prime,

rubber bands ( my grandmother had a four inch ball made of rubber bands),

clips,

pages to be scanned--some text and some cartoons,

notes noting books to read,

scraps of paper with quotations --" I've always written best when my day is "washed in space." Heidi Neumark using a part of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's words: " Even small and casual things take on significance if they are washed in space."


half-filled notebooks,

and folders with items to be scanned

Ten --simply ten