— unpredictable thoughts

A grocery list forever: The beauty of everyday things.

On Thurs­day April 2nd I saw this tweet:

The Gro­cery List Col­lec­tion http://www.grocerylists.org/lists/100/

Instantly I thought of the gro­cery list I had used for years. It was in a sketch­book that I had ulti­mately filled. (I don’t fill them all.) I then tore the list gen­tly from the book and used a paper­clip to keep it attached to the next book. I did this repeated times. I try to recall which book it may be clipped to now. I haven’t seen it since the last move; that was when I moved my art stu­dio out of the liv­ing space.

I was hop­ing to scan or pho­to­graph the list for this post. I thought I could put my hands on it eas­ily. Then I hesitated.

I don’t know where the list is.

I’m try­ing to recall what it looked like now, com­par­ing it to the images I saw at the link above. But my list wasn’t like these lists at all. My print­ing is dis­ci­plined from many years of design and draft­ing. I write straight and even on unlined paper. I use a foun­tain pen which leaves the tell­tale pud­dles based upon the speed in which one writes the stroke. It was on a piece of paper which barely showed the wear.

The orga­ni­za­tion of the items had been typ­i­cal for me. Dairy together, fruits, veg­eta­bles, fish, yummy spices, cheeses, bread. It was ordered by my ser­pen­tine route through the isles. Items grouped geo­graph­i­cally, cre­at­ing their own spe­cial car­to­graphic experience.

I can see the map in my minds eye now. The small dots next to the objects the cor­re­sponded to the items in the cart.

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