The Old Gray Mare

My Mind Has Gone Blank



Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2011

by The Old Gray Mare
www.DressYourHorse.com

A short while ago I was driving my car to the car dealer for an appointment. True to form, my mind starting racing. …Write this article, fix this, do that… In my mind, I concocted this great story. Darned if I didn’t get it planned and partially written, and I liked it.

I made a mental note to get it on paper at my first possible opportunity.

So here I sit. My mind has gone blank. I mean there is not even a smidgen of thought passing in or out of my head. Scary! What was it – just 20 minutes ago?

It wasn’t long ago when I wrote about my Calgon moment and the great and wonderful thoughts that come and go. At my age, I should have learned. Nope – still no pad of paper, recording device or improved memory - just more lost thoughts into oblivion.

At this moment, at least, I intend to do something positive about it. What can it hurt to leave several little notebooks here and there? Then, as the thinking cap engages, I’ll be able to jot down ideas – you know the brilliant ones that usually get away.

I am amused at myself. It has only taken me a lifetime to this moment in time. And not such a short one last I counted. Perhaps I have become fed up with lost causes once too often and, this time, I’ll do it.

Now, what is it I was going to do?

The Old Gray Mare writes for www.DressYourHorse.com and her Blog sites.
                                The notebooks I need to remind my mind
Heidi Rucki brings expertise as a horsewoman, dog lover and stained glass/mosaic artist. She is an accomplished freelance writer in the horse industry. Writing online as The Old Gray Mare, many of her current articles can be found on www.DressYourHorse.com. In the past, Rucki wrote for numerous horse organizations including The Connecticut Horse Council. She took early retirement from Phoenix Home Life where she wrote mutual fund prospectuses and was responsible for their submissions to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Old Gray Mare writes to share knowledge and her love of horses for everyone but especially for novice and new horse owners. Besides her two main websites, she has recently published three new blog sites. Of those, her favorite is www.BeautyOfHorses.com.
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Top-level comments on this article: (3 total)
» left by Lorrie Davids
 233 days 5 hours ago.
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Heidi, I have an index card and pen with me almost at all times. I am the queen of list-makers because I forget otherwise. Thanks for sharing your story. Sometimes, we just have to laugh at ourselves, eh?
» left by The Old Gray Mare 233 days 3 hours ago.
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Thanks Lorrie. What else can we do? The crazy thing is that my mind literally empties when I'm trying to recall this "inspiration" I had. Gone. Sad thing -
» left by Christofer French
 233 days 3 hours ago.
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Hate to say it, but I have had those similar moments. Like "where was I?" I also hate it when I rise from an afternoon nap and have to ask "Who am I". Oh my.
» left by The Old Gray Mare 233 days 3 hours ago.
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Teeheehee - Sure sign that we have reached legal age. No more being a kid, eh?

About the name? I spell my last name with an "i" at the end. One day, I found myself signing something, don't even remember what, and I signed my last name ending in a "y". Hello! Not me? What was I thinking?
» left by Marijo Phelps
 232 days 18 hours ago.
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I am sure it has something to do with that orange notebook....
» left by The Old Gray Mare 232 days 18 hours ago.
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You know, that's probably it. heheh. Thanks for reading.
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