I can't remember whose journal I saw this in, but I thought it was an interesting idea:
On My Desk: 5 candles, Magic 8 Ball, candy dish with three Hershey's Kisses, 35 criminal cases, Dilbert mints, Zortz (a funny looking orange rubber cow head on a stand with a green nose and blue horns--you can stick phone messages in his mouth that opens with a wooden clothespin in the back of his neck.), flowers, Moroccan vase, vintage ashtray, phone, notepads, pens, paperclips, stapler, keys, one rubber band, a dozen photos of my kids
On My Credenza: Sumo wrestling lunchbox, Statue of Liberty replica, rolodex, boxing lizard puppet, Texas Narcotics Officers Association coffee cup, dinosaur megaphone with flashing lights and sound effects, wicker in/out basket, CD player, computer speakers, monitor, calculator, jail phone call tapes, Elmer's glue, junk mail, another dozen photos of my kids
On My Walls: Rage Against The Machine poster, Harold & Maude movie poster, Gaugin's "La Orana Maria," hand-embroidered fishing scene tapestry from Patzcuaro, Frida collage, Frida painting, Frida print, old print from 1928 that my grandmother gave me, another Gaugin print (Tahitian women), Lotería poster, 3 of my own paintings, M.A. in Spanish Literature & Linguistics, law degree from CA, law license from CA, law license from TX, certificate from FBI school, large photo of my kids
On My Shelves: Law books, book on Día de los Muertos, Physician's Desk Reference, about 15 little boxes of all different shapes and sizes that I've collected over the years, Chac Mool, Spanish/English Dictionary, French/English Dictionary, Greek/English Dictionary, Russian/English Dictionary, old copy of "Interview," Texas Police Journal, 100 or so CDs, more photos of my kids, plants, candles, trial notebooks.
On My Desk: 5 candles, Magic 8 Ball, candy dish with three Hershey's Kisses, 35 criminal cases, Dilbert mints, Zortz (a funny looking orange rubber cow head on a stand with a green nose and blue horns--you can stick phone messages in his mouth that opens with a wooden clothespin in the back of his neck.), flowers, Moroccan vase, vintage ashtray, phone, notepads, pens, paperclips, stapler, keys, one rubber band, a dozen photos of my kids
On My Credenza: Sumo wrestling lunchbox, Statue of Liberty replica, rolodex, boxing lizard puppet, Texas Narcotics Officers Association coffee cup, dinosaur megaphone with flashing lights and sound effects, wicker in/out basket, CD player, computer speakers, monitor, calculator, jail phone call tapes, Elmer's glue, junk mail, another dozen photos of my kids
On My Walls: Rage Against The Machine poster, Harold & Maude movie poster, Gaugin's "La Orana Maria," hand-embroidered fishing scene tapestry from Patzcuaro, Frida collage, Frida painting, Frida print, old print from 1928 that my grandmother gave me, another Gaugin print (Tahitian women), Lotería poster, 3 of my own paintings, M.A. in Spanish Literature & Linguistics, law degree from CA, law license from CA, law license from TX, certificate from FBI school, large photo of my kids
On My Shelves: Law books, book on Día de los Muertos, Physician's Desk Reference, about 15 little boxes of all different shapes and sizes that I've collected over the years, Chac Mool, Spanish/English Dictionary, French/English Dictionary, Greek/English Dictionary, Russian/English Dictionary, old copy of "Interview," Texas Police Journal, 100 or so CDs, more photos of my kids, plants, candles, trial notebooks.