- mashed potatoes
- dogs
- pain that makes me feel alive
- trees
- the dignity of dirt
- the ability to read
- friendship which is casual and strong
- getting through with a chore
- seeing a straightened, uncluttered space
- listen to trees and leaves rustle
- watch tree branches sway in the wind
- get mail
- gnomes
- well written songs
- dangly earrings
- keeping track
- orderliness
- robins
- birds talking
- the Queen
- nostalgia
- seed catalogues
- the hope that planting promises
- skirts
- England
- writing letters
- confronting my work that makes me proud
- eavesdropping
- knowing other people's opinions of me, good or bad
- challenging conversations
- insights about others that they agree to
- supporting friends
- learning for its own sake
- Oxford
- new clothes
- beautiful guitars
- soft fabric
- cherry/Kahlua cocktails
- E. M. Forster (except Passage to India)
- Merchant Ivory on Forster
- skirts
- Italian cypress trees
- waistcoats
- vintage guitars, esp. Rickenbackers and Gibsons
- fish and chips with malt vinegar
- potato chips and salsa
- crisp, fresh pillowcases
- making my own stationary
- colored envelopes
- cloud shadows
- listening to music forgotten, then remembering it
- diamonds
- writing letters
- getting letters
- making earrings
- getting good ideas from Etsy
- celebrating myself
- learning new songs on the guitar
- putting on new strings on the guitar
- accomplishing something I didn't think I could do or do as well as I did
- participating when I know I should
- getting through with hard tasks
- finding a great book on sale at the library
- Stewart Copeland
- the way Sondre Lerche flips his hair to the left
- Hugh Laurie's accent
feb 5 2008 ∞
jan 3 2009 +