Sounds

  • Dance Yrself Clean coming from Bekins Porch
  • Buffalo calls
  • Screen doors slamming, especially at Camp Rim Rock
  • Hands slapping rock
  • Crickets on an east coast summer night
  • Thousands of voices singing together at a concert
  • Tires crunching on gravel, alerting you that someone is home
  • The guitar riff in Perth by Bon Iver
  • Wonderful Everyday by Chance the Rapper
  • Bagpipes
  • Harmonicas, especially in empty rooms, or by campfires
  • Z or Sari singing around complex
  • The ocean
  • Dad saying “hi sweetie pie!”
  • Ukelele echoes in an elevator
  • Thunder
  • Dogs footsteps on wooden floors
  • Windchimes
  • Annie Ann’s dinner bell
  • Horses whinnieing
  • “We’re day camp, we’re awesome, we really like potatoes”
  • The Beerkat at BB Camp, especially the Shabbat one when staff get so into some parts
  • The silence of silent laughter
  • A car starting when for whatever reason you think it might not
  • The noise Sadie makes when she yawns and also wants attention
  • People I like calling me V
  • Callie saying (lisping) "Miss Monica"
  • Nana saying "off like a herd of turtles"

Smells

  • Palo Santo
  • The coffee aisle
  • Campfires/the wood stove
  • Dirt when you’ve been in the desert for a few days
  • Matches
  • Horse feed
  • Marijuana
  • Darkrooms
  • Dryer sheets
  • Mrs Meyer’s Lavender soap
  • Jesse’s pumpkin bread

Sights

  • The Bay Bridge on the way to Rehoboth from DC
  • A friend who I haven’t seen in a while coming in for a hug
  • Those lights that change color so so slowly you don’t even notice until it’s already a different color
  • Christmas lights in backyards
  • A really good print after too many tries in the darkroom
  • Cutting open a mango or some other fruit to see that it’s just the right color
  • The lights dimming when you’ve been waiting for the band to come on
  • WallE in blu ray
  • Disposable camera photos
  • Pugs
  • Crater Lake
  • Speckled sunlight coming in through the window
  • A single digit pricetag at a thrift shop
  • Colorful sporadic journals
  • The flaming “shalom” sign at the end of a BB Camp session
  • Fireflies
  • Hella climbing stickers on the back of cars
  • License plates from all over, all parked in one cool spot
  • A well layered outfit
  • Route 101 in the PNW
  • Sadie’s head tilt
  • Rob’s smile
  • The floor of a collaging session in progress
  • A well organized closet, bookshelf, altar
  • The perfect swimming hole coming into view after searching

Restaurants

  • Ed Debevic’s - Chicago
  • The Rumor Mill - Ellicott City, MD
  • Bean Hollow - Ellicott City, MD
  • Retro Cafe - Rehoboth, DE
  • Thai House - Redlands, CA
  • Busboys & Poets - DC
  • Los Agaves - Santa Barbara, CA
  • Mark’s Kitchen - Takoma Park, MD
  • Grub Food Van - Melbourne, Aus
  • Burger Barn - Bishop, CA
  • Sol Food - Marin, CA
  • The Park Cafe - Salt Lake City
  • Otis Cafe - Otis, OR
  • The Wooden Spoon - Escondido, CA
  • Nectarine Grove - Encinitas, CA
  • The Taco Stand - Encinitas, CA
  • Mariposa GF Bakery - Oakland, CA
  • Green Tea Sushi - Asheville, NC
  • BimBeriBon - Asheville, NC
  • Fresh Pizza - Asheville, NC
  • Bonfire BBQ - Asheville, NC
  • White Duck Tacos - Asheville, NC

Coffeeshops

  • Augie’s - Redlands, CA
  • Olive Ave. Market - Redlands, CA
  • 2pocket Fairtrade - Melbourne, Aus
  • Sugarhouse Coffee - Salt Lake City
  • Odd's Cafe - Asheville, NC
  • Palate - Bend, OR

Tastes

  • Bagels
  • Coffee
  • Dirty chai
  • Becci’s perfect vegan gluten free desserts at BB Camp
  • Nadia’s salads
  • Nana’s rice
  • Duck Donuts
  • Miguel’s pizza
  • Fresh corn on the cob
  • Tomatoes picked right off the vine
  • Huge meals after climbing
  • Smores
  • DSO’s, especially with peanut butter
  • Hummus egg & spinach sandwiches from Java
  • Rehoboth beach boardwalk corn dogs
  • Reeses cups
  • Pad Thai
  • Annie Ann’s chocolate chip cookies, shrimp & pineapple curry, fried rice, breads, etc.
  • Mark’s Kitchen milkshakes, especially while walking down the sidewalk with Geneva & wondering aloud how they taste like birthday candles
  • Kangaroo steak & sticky date pudding from the Napier Hotel in Melbourne
  • Christmas food
  • Perfect clementines
  • Sour Patch Kids from Alex during Wednesday practice
  • New Year’s Fondue at the Curls
  • Sweet potato tater tots from Smokey’s BBQ in NC
  • TJ’s chocolate covered coconut macaroons
  • Humboldt creamery ice cream
  • Anything Jesse Paul makes, like baconion jam or butterscotch pot de creme
  • Rabbit stew made by Lolo, Thanksgiving 2019
  • The GF paleo banana bread Maya & I make

Feelings

  • Most hugs in general, but especially when there’s lots of effort put in from them & myself
  • Driving around super familiar or super unfamiliar roads & listening to the perfect music
  • Plunging into water after hesitating to jump in for a while
  • Ocean waves picking me up
  • Taking off clothes at the end of the day
  • Finally getting lotion or chapstick after needing it for a while
  • Finally peeing after needing to for a while
  • “Kisses” from babies
  • Spinning around in water and running fingertips along the surface
  • Hands and faces out of car windows
  • Amazing catches while sport climbing
  • My hand on a hold I didn’t think I’d reach
  • Getting my hair washed at the salon
  • Forehead kisses
  • Behind the ear kisses
  • Holding hands, especially while running down Jockey’s Ridge or crossing the street
  • Running fingers through newly cut hair
  • Crowd surfing
  • That first moment of snuggling into bed
  • The feeling in my stomach when the road dips
  • Playing a song on guitar for the first time all the way through
  • Crossing something off my to-do list
  • Kids running up to me saying my name (often incorrectly)
  • Freshly washed feet
  • Feeling totally myself with buffalo
  • Being 100% in an ecstatic dance, all there, with everyone, with yourself
jul 22 2010 ∞
dec 9 2019 +