I can’t keep pens. I have a cup on my desk that I keep pens and pencils in, and right now it is full of pencils. There’s not a single pen in it. They either grow legs and walk off, or somebody gets them to draw with. Somebody named Pumpkin, perhaps?

I do have one pen laying on my desk, and I’m surprised that it’s there. It is one of my favorites: A Coca-Cola retractable pen with a hollow rubbery ball on top. But it’s cracked on the side, and when I try to write with it, it tries to come apart.

I guess I’m going to have to get one of those chain thingies that you use to attach pens to your desk. Then maybe I could keep one where I can find it when I need it.