Oh, I Know All About That

I was reading a Substack article entitled History’s 5 Greatest Plays.

Why, you ask, of all the interesting subjects in the world did this catch my attention?

I guess because (1) I knew I wouldn’t know them all, and I hate for someone to know more than me, and (2) I knew I would forget them by the time I poured my next cup of coffee.

Do you have that problem?

I can research the hell out of something—say, a plant. What kind of soil. How much sunlight. How to propagate it. I can have a whole Pinterest board full of information.

Then a neighbor asks me the name of the plant.

Deer in the headlights.  

I knew that yesterday.