• MST3K
• Rainy Mood
• Thunderstorm
• Rainy Day
• River and Birdsong
• River
• Stream
• Autumn Wind
• Thunderstorm and Crackling Fire
• Fan
• Box Fans

• 80s music
• a cold shower when I'm hot
• a field full of twinkling lightning bugs at dusk
• a scenic drive, when I'm a passenger in the vehicle
• animals
• autumn
• being in a dark room with only the Christmas tree lights on
• blue skies after many days of gray ones
• blueberry muffins
• brown eyes
• Bugs Bunny
• classical music
• cloudy days
• cold water
• cool weather
• cupcakes
• daydreaming
• flowers around the house

• aesthetic
• amaranthine
• amethyst
• amidst
• apothecary
• atmospheric
• autumnal
• bauble
• beguiled
• bewildered
• bewitched
• bewitching
• bird
• biscuit
• blithering
• bottle
• bunny
• butterscotch
• caramel
• cauldron
• celestial

• anemones
• asters
• calla lilies
• chrysanthemums
• columbines
• daffodils
• dahlias
• delphiniums
• freesias
• geraniums
• gladiolas
• hollyhocks
• impatiens
• lilacs
• morning glories
• pansies
• peonies
• petunias
• phlox
• ranunculus
• roses

• a crackling fire in a fireplace
• being in a room with only the Christmas tree lights on
• candlelight
• chilly weather that inspires cozy moods and moments
• Christmas Eve
  • with family at my grandparents' house
  • memories of spending the night in my brother's room when we were kids
• Christmas movies and specials I've seen dozens of times and look forward to watching again every year
• Christmas music, which I start listening to in October and stop listening to the day after Christmas
• decorations, especially the trees and lights
• delicious foods and sweets that I only have during the holiday season

• Ada
• Adalheidis
• Adelaide
• Adelais
• Adelheid
• Adelina
• Agatha
• Aglaia
• Agnes
• Agnese
• Agnessa
• Alenka
• Alessandra
• Alessia
• Aletta
• Aline
• Altheda
• Amabel
• Amandine
• Amarantha
• Amaranthe

• rainfall
• the wind
• the rumbling of thunder
• a cat purring
• a crackling fire
• sleet pecking on the windows
• the babbling or rushing of brooks, rivers, and waterfalls
• distant train whistles
• the hooting of most owls
• leaves rustling in the wind
• walking through leaves on the ground in autumn
• ocean waves on the shore
• a fan
• the hush of car tires on a road
• walking on gravel
• the soft, gentle sounds a turkey hen makes
• the violin and cello
• certain men's speaking voices

• rain
• the air before and after it rains
• evergreen trees
• vanilla extract
• oranges
• tea
• pumpkin purée
• books and newspapers
• fresh, clean bed linens
• flowers carried on a breeze
• fragrant flower gardens
• lavender and chamomile
• the house when I'm doing laundry

• All Through the Night by Cyndi Lauper
• Don't Worry Baby by The Beach Boys
• Drop in the Ocean by Michelle Branch
• Flora's Secret by Enya
• Goodbye Again by John Denver
• I Love You by Sarah McLachlan
• In Your Wildest Dreams by Reverend Horton Heat
• Islands in the Stream by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
• Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) by Edison Lighthouse
• Perfect by Boyce Avenue
• Pocketful of Sunshine by Natasha Bedingfield
• Song For a Winter's Night by Sarah McLachlan
• Take a Giant Step by The Monkees
• The Highwayman by Loreena McKennitt
• The Memory of Trees by Enya
• The Well by A Fine Frenzy

• most shades of red ♦
• lemonade yellows, sunny yellows, golden yellows, mustard yellows, soft/pale yellows ♦
• caramels and butterscotches ♦
• creams, ivories, eggshells, buttercreams ♦
• deep rich browns ♦
• forest greens, moss greens, soft/pale greens, honeydew ♦
• turquoise, teal, and aqua ♦
• sapphire blues, cobalt blues, midnight blues, azure ♦
• blue-gray ♦
• grays and silver ♦
• lavenders and lilacs ♦
• plums and aubergines ♦
• dusty pinks/roses, dusty cedar, coral, strawberry ice, raspberry pinks ♦

f

• Agatha Daisy
• Agnes Pearl
• Alice Rowena
• Alice Winifred
• Beatrix June
• Cecilia Fern
• Cecily Delphine
• Cecily Dove
• Cecily Fern
• Cecily June
• Cecily Margaret
• Cecily Marigold
• Cecily Minerva
• Cecily Nightingale
• Cecily Winifred
• Cressida Fern
• Cressida Pearl
• Delia Fern
• Delia Mavis
• Delia Wildflower

• Bram
• Caspar
• Hawthorn
• Idris
• Johan
• Johann
• Leander
• Lonán
• Lucian
• Sidney
• Swithin

• amazon parrots
• caracals
• cardinals
• cats
• chickadees (black-capped, mountain)
• chipmunks
• cougars
• deer
• dogs
• dolphins
• ducks
• elephants
• fire salamanders
• foxes (red, arctic)
• fruit bats/flying foxes
• giraffes
• goats
• macaws
• meerkats
• orangutans
• otters

• watching dogs joyously roll around on grass
• watching dogs do zoomies
• eating my favorite foods
• lying in bed listening to the rain
• resting my ear on my cat when he's purring

• It is as if my life were magically run by two electric currents: joyous positive and despairing negative - which ever is running at the moment dominates my life, floods it. (Sylvia Plath)
• My passionate sense of social justice and social responsibility has always contrasted oddly with my pronounced lack of need for direct contact with other human beings and human communities. I am truly a 'lone traveler' and have never belonged to my country, my home, my friends, or even my immediate family, with my whole heart; in the face of all these ties, I have never lost a sense of distance and a need for solitude. (Albert Einstein)
• Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self. (May Sarton)
• Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I mean everybody. No matter how dull and borin...

books

• Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables)
• Arthur Weasley (Harry Potter)
• Barney Snaith (The Blue Castle)
• Elinor Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility)
• Emily Byrd Starr (Emily of New Moon)
• Ford Prefect (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
• Hercule Poirot (various Agatha Christie novels)
• Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)
• Jane Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)
• Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter)
• Minerva McGonagall (Harry Potter)
• Mr. Bingley (Pride and Prejudice)
• Neville Longbottom (Harry Potter)
• Remus Lupin (Harry Potter)
• Valancy Stirling (The Blue Castle)

television

• B.J. Hunnicutt (M*A*S*H)

music

• I'll Be Home for Christmas
• It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
• It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
• Silver Bells
• Sleigh Ride
• The Christmas Song
• White Cristmas
• Winter Wonderland
• Christmas Canon by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
• Christmas Time is Here (Vocal) from the A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack
• the whole John Denver and The Muppets: A Christmas Together album

movies, specials, episodes

• A Christmas Story
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animated)...