Margaret,
I think you were correct in grabbing the first thing. I was making too much of it. The point isn't to be creative but to make connections. If you can justify what you've written, you've created a successful thread. In the book, she seems to suggest that you write down the first thing that comes to mind. Occasionally, you'll have to "cheat" as Vera suggests. That's where the creativity will come in. I find myself rejecting things that pop into my head because they aren't creative enough. Dumb idea. Why agonize over a single list when you could spend that time increasing the benefit by coming up with another list?
You should see the crossed out items on that Photoreading ABC list 
I also did one with fictional characters and nearly crossed off the cartoon characters. What's up with that? I think you're exactly right and I'm complicating a simple procedure.
This IS off topic but at least we're learning, right?
BTW, I'm not sure where you are in the course right now. I'm using the CD's, so we're comparing apples to oranges. I'll look forward to you catching up and the others chiming in.
[This message has been edited by mgrego2 (edited October 30, 2001).]
