Try This! - Start with an Artifact

From Gretchen Bernabei:

Stick things into your notebook: tickets, receipts, restaurant bills, pictures cut from a brochure, any of the little paper things around you when you go out in public.  

Tape one of these down onto a page, and write a few notes about what you were doing, who was with you, what you were thinking about, why you were there.

Here's mine:

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Gretchen Bernabei is a teacher and author living in San Antonio, Texas.  Her books include: CRUNCHTIME, THE STORY OF MY THINKING, GRAMMAR KEEPERS, and others.  You can find her online at http://www.trailofbreadcrumbs.net/.