Remember the Pensieve from the “Harry Potter” books?  It was a cauldron, of sorts, that the Headmaster of Hogwarts, Professor Dumbledore would use to extract the many thoughts from his head, and keep them there for use at a later time.  As an alternative, he could pull a particular thought that he had in the past, in order to “relive” that moment in the future.  I love the idea, and wish that I had one.  The best that I can do is when I get a particularly strong memory and I want to remember it, I write it down.  My pensieve is captured on many post-it notes, backs of envelopes, scraps of paper, and quite likely used cocktail napkins.  I have to grab whatever is available when I am assaulted by whatever thought or memory creeps up from my unconscious mind, and demands to be “re-lived,” or when I get a particularly important idea…like my favorite words.  I have decided to compile everything here, in order to keep everything all in one place, much like that charming old headmaster of the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

This entire blog is like a pensieve, just in digital form.  Oooh,,..I like that.  a “Digital Pensieve.”  How geeky…and perfect.