I love language...

I was looking closely at The Empress card on the table, lined up with the four other cards I drew. I looked  closely at her dress, to see what the print was - those...they're called...

I couldn't remember.

Just a minute ago, I was reading the meaning of this card in a book - for a different deck - which mentioned 'apple tree'.

"Pomegranate!"

How did I know 'pomegranate' from apple tree? Well, I know that potato in French is pomme de terre - earth apple. Pome-granate. Had to look it up, but that means 'apple with many seeds'.

I've often tried to remember a word by going through the alphabet in my head. That rarely works. I think it's because that's not how my memories are...kept, nor retrieved. More like what happened with pomegranate.