Fleeting Thoughts

On January 3, MPR rebroadcast an interview with Roseanne Carter Cash in which she noted that she has often thought she needs to wear a catcher’s mitt to “catch the songs” that come to her at random moments.

Seems like this would be a good picture for writing inspiration. How often I think of something that seems such a wonderful idea starter but I don’t have my catcher’s mitt on—or I just don’t take the time to reach out with the mitt-like tools at my disposal to write down the thoughts. All too soon, the muse has disappeared, and I face a blank page wracking my brain for what that wonderful idea must have been.