Photo: crucial supplies for writing sessions (Dear Dentist, don't read this)

I am going to hunker down for some major writing sessions in the coming weeks, so I just did an inventory of my writing desk drawer.  I think I'm set, at least for now. Below is the inventory of my crucial writing supplies. Sure, I've got my laptop and (most of the time) my brain. But without these babies? The magic ain't happening. Especially when I'm staring down my computer screen at 6 AM.

--Partly (mostly) empty bag of chocolate from Lake Champlain chocolates (a lovely mix of dark chocolate and mint crunch), a souvenir from this year's Kindling Words East

--Big green-and-white candy cane, broken in three places (um, I think it's from this year)

--Two little packages of SweeTarts stolen from Little Dude's Halloween bag (they're nasty little chokeables! I was being a good mother!)

--See's Lollipops (nice to have a spouse who travels to the west coast regularly)

--Trader Joe's Lollipops (nice to have THIS place right down the street!)

--Leftover dark chocolate from a recent Boston trip... gourmet something, made somewhere in Woburn I think. I dunno. it's just good.