WRITING: Titles, Phrases, Concepts

Sometimes the weirdest words set themselves up for story. This morning, a title: “Memories of My Mother On The Pill” is banging around inside my head. Just before I discard it, leaving it here to wallow in its own wacked-out meaning, I consider where it could go: tribulation in the womb, the barriers set up to ensure failure, the image of an uncracked egg or sliding around without purchase. And, of course, the final triumph of nature over man’s inventions.