On ‘Inner Speech’

image by AI; my own prompt Earlier this month, I was looking at my ‘upcoming blog post ideas’ list just before going into my bathroom for my morning shower. I was lamenting that none of the subjects on my list were very interesting, and contemplating skipping a couple of posts until there was something I really wanted to write about. And then, as I was brushing my teeth, not just one, but three interesting new ideas just ‘came into my head’. I raced around for a scrap of paper and pencil to write them down so I wouldn’t forget them (oh, the joys of being 75). I was ‘talking to myself’ in my head trying to capture the essential points for each idea, basically ‘rehearsing’ what I was going to write on the scrap of paper. I contemplated what might be an engaging title for each blog post, I suppose as a means of ‘anchoring’ all these thoughts rushing around in my head on each of the three subjects. I noticed that I was looking at my reflection in the mirror (even more than usual), and…