I’ll steal borrow a good idea when I see one. The following idea came to me from Monica, who got it from Steve, who got it from Townie, and if there are any more folks beyond that who are responsible for the idea, I haven’t a clue.

A is for apple. No really. My first painting assignment was to paint an apple four times, each with more of it eaten. Bad news was that I only got the first two versions done on the first day, so by the second day of class (two days later) the part with the first bite was all brown and I needed to take another bite, and then more bites to finally get it down to the core. Ick.
B is for bloating.
C is for cramps.
D is for Dreiser. Theodore Dreiser.
E is for Eliot. T.S. Eliot. (English Lit class gets two in a row.)
F is for friends. New and old.
G is for grapes. (Who knew painting was about the fruit?)
H is for Humpty Dumpty and the view before and after a fall.
I is for interview. A very nice woman let me pick her brain about her experiences in the peer mentor program I’m training for.
J is for jerks, and learning to let go of the frustration they bring about.
K is for kindness. Thankfully, the world isn’t populated with only jerks.
L is for listening.
M is for Mo. Sad fish? Or just a fish in a vase with a plant for a friend?
N is for new things. Scary as they can be, they are worth the effort of exploration.
O is for ordinary days. Need them to truly appreciate the extraordinary ones.
P is for pages, and pages of reading.
Q is for quitting briefly, and then not quitting after all.
R is for revisions.
S is for Sister Carrie (see the letter D)
T is for tasteless and timeless jokes.
U is for university.
V is for verbal and non-verbal communication.
W is for Wasteland, The. (see the letter E)
X is for X-rated. (The penis blog project found c/o The Syracuse Fan)
Y is for yes.
Z is for zippers.

Not sure if I’ll do this again, but it felt good for tonight.