I recently shared how much unnecessary noise bugs me.  A lot.  This hasn’t always been so.  But now that it is….. Please, shut up.  I’m polite. I just want you to stop talking. Unless …. I want to hear from you.  Then…. Talk to me. Lately, I’ve been reading ~ listening with my eyes ~ (more than usual) several books (grazing nonfiction reader, here!) about writing, creativity, and creative people ~ along with blogs, newspapers, tweets, posts, pins, you name it….. At the risk of sounding illiterate, I have to ask:  Have you read the New York Times lately? On a recent Sunday morning while enjoying my new paper subscription (love the print smudges, much more satisfying than the digital ~ clean…