My Work Area

The couch where I've planted myself since last December. My lap top is playing iTunes radio (classical music), the curtains behind where I sit are closed to help me concentrate, and my tools are all within arms' reach.

Stack of reference books (mostly Ecclesiastes commentaries), a stack of files in which I store rough drafts, clip files (pages of faces to cut and tape to draft two), master pages (pages of faces I photocopy when I run out of clip files), and on top them all is a yellow page. This is the chart where record Ecclesiastes University (EU) files, which passages in Ecclesiastes they contain, and the running number of pages. I'm not skilled at taking camera photos so the fine print is hard to read, but EU24 has just been completed (covering pages 390-409). The lap top is opened to Thesaurus.com. I was looking for a synonym for "end" as in "my end is the grave." I found the word "terminus."

I keep a visual reference of all the characters handy for quick viewing. When I have a word balloon without a speaker I look over the roster of potentials and pick the one who would most likely utter the words in that balloon. I've gone through four rolls of scotch tape since December.

Fountain pens (my writing instrument of choice), cordless mouse (which works without mouse pad on our couch), note card on which I've noted another contradiction between Ecclesiastes ("remember days of darkness") and other verses in the Bible that tell us to forget the past (or quit thinking negative thoughts), my lap board on which I draw/write, and EU25 (draft 1) awaiting my editing. It sits on top of EU24. Dr. Q has left the building. I again felt a twinge of sadness when Dr. Q leaves muttering, "Meaningless, meaningless."

I need to learn how to take better photos but the fervor of finishing EU25 drives me to ignore all extraneous projects.