The "A Picture is worth a Thousand Words" Story

It was an ordinary day.  Adding a few photos to my Pinterest web site.  You know, the one I told you about a few times.  The one where you look at other people's Pinterest web sites and "pin" your favorite photos to your Pinterest web site.  You've never done that?  Just Google Pinterest and click on the link and presto, you'll be hooked.  My wife actually opened one under my name, since she didn't have a photo of herself.  Then I started looking at the site and wow, I was hooked.  I have category after category with things like Favorite Black and White Pics, The Classics, Photos I've Taken, Pets, Autos, etc.  When I'm bored with TV, I open Pinterest and presto, add a few to most every category.  Photos from people all over the world.  People with funny names that I wonder what they look like.  Then someone told me a story about a doctor who had a few patients that had a hard time dealing with depression.  Couldn't even describe how they felt.  So, the doctor had her patients use Pinterest and "pin" photos that showed how they felt about themselves.  What a neat idea.  I know when I'm "pinning" photos and go back and look at them, they pretty much all look the same or have the same theme to them.  When "pinning" it kind of brings out yourself on the screen.  I can see how a doctor could look at what you are "pinning" and maybe tell how you feel about yourself.  There are many critics of the website who say it's another venue to keep people from reading.  But, others say Pinterest's appeal is that  it allows us to communicate with others in a visual manner.  It's like making a list.  You "pin" one photo of a cat and then continue with your list, "pinning" other cats that are slightly different.  Then you stop and look at your cat category and presto, a list of cats.  I have even written a few stories where I have used some of the photos I have "pinned."  Now my wife, she "pin's" polished fingernails, jewelry,  and things that have very little interest to me, but she enjoys it.  She is expressing herself in what she "pins."  I can look at her "pins," or lists as I call them, and see what interests her.  From time to time I have been able to pick up a theme for a present by what she has "pinned."  Starting to get the idea how you could use it?  You know ...... A picture is worth a thousand words!  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.