paper

paper

on the boat

we use very little paper

one of those skinny 3x8-inch spiral notebooks

lasts us a season —

grocery lists

chores to do

a phone number we need handy

keeping score at dice or backgammon —

and we use both sides of the paper

for a writer

accustomed to having a printer handy

that’s remarkable

just one little pad —

and a packet of small sticky notes

for recording credit card purchases

made on line!

everything else

(except my journal, of course)

is on the computer —

books to read on the iPad

magazines and the daily news feeds

bills downloaded from websites to file electronically

bank statements, health insurance claims, tax forms

occasionally we ask the marina

to print us out a document

we need in hard copy,

but it’s rare

last season I brought a box of paper clips on board

but I doubt I’ve used 6 in two years!

I suppose we live in an increasingly

paperless society

but for one whose life is writing

it’s an oddity to use

almost no paper at all!!

thursday 2 march

lent 2017
Francis Bay