the note breaks at i thought i would also. the writer is presumed to have left the room — perhaps because the post-box, in this season, is the kind of thing one departs for before remembering an extra errand; perhaps because, at the kitchen window, something passed and was worth looking at. the pen, in any case, has been put down.
a note ended mid-sentence carries a different weight than a note properly closed. it is unfinished business in the most domestic sense — a sentence the day is still expected to finish. when the writer returned the kettle was, as instructed, on. nothing more was added. the sheet was left on the pad and the next day it was, by another hand, turned over for a shopping list.