Kindergartners have it made

As I walked through Wal-Mart yesterday, a splash of color caught my eye, and I felt a thrill deep within my cerebral cortex.

Guess what time of year it is, friends.

It's Back to School time! Which means stores have put out all of their lustrous school supplies.

I think it goes hand in hand with being a writer, but I am hopelessly addicted to school and office supplies. Notebooks, pens, colored pencils, crayons, markers, folders, binders, divider tabs, note cards, glue, scissors, rulers, sticky notes, legal pads, pencil boxes, backpacks, even the little boxes of watercolor paints: I am held in thrall by all of it.

So, due to the culmination of Back to School sales and my Creativity Constipation, the Writing Buddy and I are meeting this weekend to regress into kindergartners. We're going to bust out all of our school and writing supplies to brainstorm and outline and make an artistic mess. She and I are both in that dark space between projects, so this is exactly the retreat we need to revitalize our muses. It should be wonderful chaos. I'll try to remember to take a couple of pictures so you all can share in the madness.