JOE: Good morning Calliope.
CALLIOPE: Good morning Joe. I haven’t heard from you for a while. What have you been up to?
JOE: For one thing I am back to work on my novel, Marital Property.
CALLIOPE: Have you been working on it over the weekend?
JOE: I had to set it aside. I have a column due next Saturday.
CALLIOPE: About what?
JOE: That was exactly the issue. I usually have several ideas in mind but none occurred to me this week.
CALLIOPE: What did you do?
JOE: I trusted that an inspiration would arise?
CALLIOPE: And did it?
JOE: Just in the nick of time. I was wandering around Orleans County with my girlfriend Carol on Saturday. I woke up Sunday morning with a plan to write about strangers, acquaintances and friends based on people we met on our drive.
CALLIOPE: Did you pursue it?
JOE: I did. By the end of yesterday I had a draft written.
CALLIOPE: Congratulations.
JOE: I’ll share it with you next weekend.
