The Notebook
There is a word for everything in the human experience. Well, almost everything. I find myself at a loss. I know there is a word for what I am experiencing, yet I have not discovered it as of yet. Have you ever finished a book and then felt a void in your spirit, a sort of emptiness, from not having another book to read? Many readers have experienced this from time to time. Working in a library, I hear this a great deal. I have experienced this feeling from time to time; however, as a writer, I experience this feeling when I do not have a notebook of blank paper to write in. I try to keep at least one notebook in my home for my writing. I write letters, grocery lists, poems, essays, random thoughts that no one will ever see. I recently found myself without a notebook to write in. It was an uncomfortable feeling for me; in those times, it felt as if I had a cloth wrapped around my mouth, which rendered me silent. I don’t like to experience this at all. As such, I try to