Writing Exercise 1

 I mentioned Ross Gay in the previous post, when I visited his site to grab the link, I noticed he and another author have spun up a newsletter that sends writing exercises weekly. It's called Mondays are Free (paid versions get daily writing prompts) here's the first free prompt:

List all the items on your writing desk. If you happen for some reason to keep a tidy or spare writing desk, list all the items nearby (do you have things pinned to the wall or a bulletin board? A stack of books? A piece of driftwood? Lucky writing stuff?) Or if you don’t have a writing desk, you might do your refrigerator or medicine cabinet or, sort of a la Philip Lopate, everything that’s in that drawer where you throw everything. The only real requirement is that whatever you choose, list EVERYTHING!

I have an electric adjustable desk that is 30x60. From Left to Right here's what's on my desk:

Adjustable microphone arm is clamped to the edge, it has a yeti nano microphone. There's a 32" ViewSonic monitor with stand, glasses case, tiny translucent buddha, small crystal, 2 guitar picks, 3 screen/glasses cleaner cloths, a metal pencil case, coaster for drink, 2 wrist braces (old) another glasses case, small Epictetus book, usb hard drive for backups, speaker, another 32" ViewSonic monitor, this one on a monitor mount, a USB port replicator for my laptop, ipad pro, my daughters W2, kids camera, usb cord, apple watch charger, lightning cable, laptop stand that clamps to the desk, laptop, keyboard pad, mechanical keyboard, mouse, day planner, notebook, pen, small 10x12 whiteboard with stand, pic of kids and a lamp.