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  • books, preferably in a "classic" appearance
  • the original copies of things
  • handkerchief with my initials
  • floral dresses
  • gold, rusted pocketwatches
  • the undying hope of the people in this world
  • belief that there are inklings of true goodness in this world
  • the smiles of everybody in this world
  • Roald Dahl's grotesque and capricious tales
  • telescopes and constellations
  • collarbones and backbones
  • oxfords, mary janes, and penny loafers
  • strawberry blondes with dusty eyelids
  • shy lads
  • laughter, naively and scornfully
  • the ability to openly fantasize
  • wooly sweaters, oversized shall do
  • peacoats
  • copious amounts of cinammon bread
  • magenta skies and mauve cotton-ball clouds
  • nature and its charming transformations
  • berets, of all colors and designs
  • countrysides and moors (the ones in Yorkshire are always near and dear to my heart)
  • cottages, especially Victorian & English ones
  • finally being able to achieve something close to perfection
  • the diversity of our planet
  • innocence of children
  • the anatomy of butterflies and dragonflies
  • the feeling of doing some service to others
  • antiques, little trinkets and treasures from the olden days
  • old memorabilia and nostalgic memories
  • frolicking
  • watching "It's A Wonderful Life" during Christmastime
  • handwritten letters
  • receiving parcels and letters in the mail
  • Wikipedia and all its fallacies
  • old houses, forlorn in forests
  • ivy-sprawled buildings
  • the smell of faded words (lignin)
  • walking down cobble-stoned streets
  • a rushing waterfall
      • the smell of it, the sound of it, the feel of it
  • maps and globes
  • rereading old books
  • looking through vintage photographs
  • Europe
  • bubble tea
  • apple cinnamon bagels with strawberry cream cheese
  • rainy-day pleasures: tea, Phillip Glass, and novel
  • concept of a man's junk being another man's treasure
  • making angels in newfallen snow
  • vintage lockets
  • instrumental songs
        • simultaneously melancholy and invigorating
  • pretty sheet forts with stuffed animals and a chockful of books stacked way up high inside, barricading me from the outside world
  • does, fawns, deer in general
  • the warm feeling of my cheeks when I wake up
  • skipping in meadows
  • skipping in public
  • skipping in private
  • skipping anywhere and everywhere
jan 16 2009 ∞
jan 19 2011 +