He has the attention span of a lightning bolt.

-- Robert Redford

Here's a new word for you -- destinesia .

It's a combination of "destination" and "amnesia," and attempts to explain the feeling you get when you walk downstairs or out to the garage or into the kitchen ... and suddenly can't remember why.

For me, this usually occurs when I go downstairs. Maybe the bouncing on steps or the slight change in altitude juggles my short-term memory, but I often find myself looking around and wondering what I was looking for.

I usually solve this by going back up the steps back to where I came from to see whether anything jogs my memory.

My doctor says to look on the bright side: I might be losing my short-term memory, but it has increased my daily exercise.

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MORE MAIL: On the other hand, some people not only know where they're going but also where they've been -- they share the postcards to prove it.

Norman and Margaret Taylor send a nice card from Cape Cod. They say they're going to the JFK Museum in Hyannis, Mass.

Marge and Brian Yeaton from North Augusta send a card from Delaware showing a casino hotel and horse racing track, and another from Atlantic City.

Wanna bet what they're doing?

Jerry and Eleanor Coates , of Hephzibah, send a postcard from "Augusta County, Virginia." They say they also drove through a town named Waynesboro. "What coincidence?"

Craig Hemrick is "visiting daughter in Nebraska. Having a great time."

Also in the Midwest was Jim, of Martinez. He writes: "My daughter Ashley attends Central College in Pella (Iowa) and I drove up with her. I also grew up here."

I met George and Dee Carr while speaking at North Augusta's Grace United Methodist Church. He drops me a card along with Jim and Carolyn Dixon from New York, and writes: "Came to see the Yankees in the old stadium for the last year. We found New Yorkers to be very pleasant."

Finally, there were several postcards from Jason Miller , of Aiken, and all show lighthouses from the New Jersey and North Carolina coasts.

Thanks to all of you for sharing.

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TODAY'S JOKE: Two church members were going door to door inviting neighbors to an upcoming revival when they knocked on the door of a woman who clearly was not happy to see them.

She told them in no uncertain terms she did not want to talk and then slammed the door in their faces.

To her surprise, the door did not close. In fact, it bounced back open.

Seeing the two church members at the door frustrated her. She stormed back to the door and flung it shut.

But the door still didn't close.

Furious, she grabbed the door with two hands and shoved it as hard as she could. But again, the door wouldn't shut.

Convinced one of these church members was sticking a foot in the door, she reared back to give the door a slam that would really teach them a lesson.

Just then, one of the church members said, "Ma'am, before you do that again, you might want to move your cat."