- heavy rainfall pummeling the roof
- wind howling menacingly outside while I'm snug in my bed
- wind whistling playfully through the trees on a distant mountain (banshee cries)
- owls hooting at night, garnering replies from potential companions
- the gentle melodies of the harp (slumber-inducing)
- the cheerful, olden sound of the hammered dulcimer
- the instrumental versions of "The Huron Carol" and "Carol of the Birds" played often at Christmastime (Ah, the many moods of the season conglomerated in two seasonal hymns!)
- church bells chiming nostalgic childhood tunes or Church hymns
- accordions played in stereotypical French fashion (Yann Tiersen!)
- clipped British accents
- the lonely call of the whale
- the way our voices echoed when we sang the final refrain of the Gloria a cappella (soaring!)
- clocks chiming or ticking persistently through the night
- geese crying in pale moonlight
- the release of hot air as hot air balloons ascend heavenward in the evening
- trickling water
- the clipity-clop of a horses's footfalls
- soothing guitar picking: fingers gliding deftly, effortlessly across the fretboard
- my father's infectious laugh
- tap shoes tapping
- woodpeckers pecking
- the coos of an infant
- a dog barking by nightfall; the subsequent replies of fellow canines in the distance
- wind chimes
- the clikity-clack of the typewriter's keys
- peepers echoing through the valley on summer nights
- waves crashing on the beach and retreating back out to sea
- bagpipes at historical reenactments
- Duncan's whimpers while he is in the throes of dreams
- drums and fifes played soulfully, momentarily transporting me to days of centuries past
- cicadas chirping on sweltering summer nights
- leaves crunching beneath my feet on autumn days
- campfires crackling merrily
- creaking stairs or floorboards
- train horns blowing in the distance, evoking unforeseen melancholia
- Duncan's snorts
jan 4 2011 ∞
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