I have wanted to be an author at times in my life.  I’ve also wanted a recording studio (sorry, Mom)… but I’ve got one of those now, at least a home studio.  But about being an author, I’ve written several short pieces in my life and I just ran across this beginning of a story I had entitled ‘The Clock.’  I have no idea what it was going to be about, but I liked the descriptive language.  You can just imagine what happens next because I don’t know the rest of the story 🙂

The watch’s second hand smoothly rounded the number 12; its glass reflecting the faces of those who gazed in on its round surface.  This watch had been handed down for three generations and now accompanied Thomas Hanley out of the meeting room where he had just finished another interview.  The three generations of Hanley that had been in charge of Hanley International Trading, had each worn that watch. Thomas glanced down at the watch which faithfully conveyed the time remaining until the next appointment.