Thanks for all the great comments on the One Day At A Time post! Interesting topic, always. For a Friday post, I'm going to list a few of my favorite things. Please feel free to chime in with yours!
beautiful notebooks -- all that possibility contained inside a groovy design
cocktail hour -- need I say more?
going to the movies -- excuse to eat fatty popcorn (let's face it, the lowfat microwave stuff is bullshit)
face creams -- okay, these don't do what they say they will, but it's still fun to dream
quoting Bible verses to people who don't expect it from me -- my background as a Bible bowler helps here
postcards -- sending and getting
The Jeffersons -- Norman Lear all the way!
Friday afternoons -- hope yours is a good one . . .
Watching Nancy Grace with my wife.
ReplyDeleteHelping my daughter with her homework.
Vodka and soda water.
Watching The Biggest Loser while eating pizza.
Listening to the Oldies Channel and hearing a song I loved as a kid that I haven't heard in 40 years (Bobby Goldsboro "Honey," anyone?).
Reading in bed and having my two girls* run in, crawl under my legs screaming "Sanctuary!" (no, they don't know what it means, they just watched the Hunchback of Notre Dame with me a few weeks back).
*my DAUGHTERS, Walking Man, and no cracks about Mackenzie Phillips!
Blogging, blogging, blogging. The blogosphere has brought new life to me.
ReplyDeleteShopping the sales at Krogers! Something new every day!
Buying and following the guides to Dan Brown's novels. I'm hooked on symbols.--Herman Northrop Frye
People watching
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Movies
Comic-y stuff
Dreaming
Sleeping in
Listening
Talking
reading Pablo Neruda - especially when world feels small and petty
ReplyDeletehiking the back trail at Stoney in the fall
an afternoon nap - especially on a summer's afternoon with a nice breeze
lilacs - always let me know summer is coming
the stillness of 2 a.m.
Lake Michigan's shoreline (any season)
Orson Welles
God
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you
finding the
right word to go
in the right line
at the right time
mozart
bach
the who
the finger that
goes up the nose
of the pompous
Charles
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Stationary items
Charles
New birds in my yard
Hiking
Charles
Funky glass things
Peace & quiet
...and did I mention Charles?
Er, by "stationary items" I think I meant "stationery items"; notebooks, pens, etc., etc. My vasovagal syncope's acting up. <:\
ReplyDeleteI've enjoyed debating Bible stuff with religious folks at times, especially when they expect me to know nothing about it.
ReplyDeleteMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmeeeeeeechigan beats Indiana at the BIG House to go 4-0. Hail to the Victors!!! On to Michigan State!!! We'll turn the Spartans BLUE!!!!!!--Bob Ufer
ReplyDeleteA big glass of sweet tea after work. (With Splenda now that I'm diabetic)
ReplyDeleteKicking back in my recliner.
A well-written novel, lately mostly reading science fiction, Jack McDevitt has taken me all over the galaxy.
Finding good new music CDs (Disciple, All That Remains), or old favorites that have been remastered and sound much better (Tears for Fears).
Working with my photos in Photoshop Elements.
Saying something that cracks my wife up.
Our dogs, they add so much to my life.
Michelle,
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The blank pages of sketchbooks/notebooks/PC screen- the potential there.
My dog Odin and my cats.
The Night.
Watching movies.
Mead, rum, beer, and wine, for obvious reasons.
Dreams, and trying to figure out what they mean (if anything).
Art.
Music.
The feel of a sword in my hand, or my axe.
Books, comics, and magazines.
Reading your blog. :)
Hiya Sweets,
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The last 5 minutes of boxing class
Kissing a babies toes
Snuggling with Lola
Walking the beach
The perfect pedicure with the perfect shoes
Rich dark men--I mean chocolate!
xoxoxo
A Bible Bowler. Now, that explains a lot!;) The Matthew quote you had in your last post is one of my very favorites. I could read it every day and still feel like I can't internalize it.
ReplyDeleteWatching people who are in love.
Watching people who don't know they're being observed.
Beautiful women.
Beautiful men.
Children.
Sushi.
Chocolate.
Being naked.
Greeting cards.
Following my characters.
My garden in fall and late summer.
A Few Of My Favorite Things:
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Writing, Whiskey & Water
Legs, legs, legs, wrapped around me.
ReplyDeleteGod, forgive me, but you made those legs.