Life
is full of simple pleasures and so many people take them for granted.Below is a list of some of the things that
bring me pleasure in life.Now don’t
forget, I’m a man and so my list is, most likely, very different from what
would be found on a woman’s.Am I the
only man who enjoys these things?Do
women enjoy them more?Feel free to add
your own onto the end. Keep it PG-13 or under.
The Story
I had an old roommate named Tim Richards who
was/is a man of simple pleasures. He took nothing for granted and enjoyed
a lot of the simple things in life. He taught me a lot. Anyways, one day he came into the house and asked me, "Hey Dave, have you smelled those flowers right next to the steps yet? They're real fragrant." Honestly, I didn't even know that we had flowers next to the steps. I marched right out, knelt down and smelled those flowers. It brightened my day and I haven't hesitated stopping to smell the flowers since. It's a simple pleasure that most people miss out on......and it's free.
Here are some of my simple pleasures listed by Sense
Sense of Touch
Putting
on new socks after a shower, A fish on the line, Hammocks, When I drink cold water and feel it go all the way down, Laying on a hot rock after coming out of cold water, Accelerating, Laying on my bed after a long day on my feet, My hot wife's lips, Sleeping in clean sheets, Backscratches, Water finally draining out of my ear while laying in bed, Earlobe pulls, (honesty moment) taking care of an acne issue, My wife's foot massages, Picking scabs (another honestymoment), Swings, Headscratches, Armscratches, My little girl Sela's unsolicited kiss, My wife's unsolicited kiss, Dogs leaning against me, Slight hair pulling, Massages.
Sense of Hearing
U2
concerts, Cellos, A good drum solo, Classical guitar, The key of E, Harmonica solos, Playing guitar, Sela's singing, My baby son Cross' laugh, My wife's compliment.
Sense of Smell
The
smell of a real leather bag or jacket, Fragrant flowers, Smell of coffee, Desert
smell after a rain.
Sense of Taste
Half
baked
brownies with cold whole milk, Horse burritos from Burritos del Oro in
Juarez, Dr. Pepper, Totino's Pizza, Suzette’s goulash, Peanut butter
cookie
dough, Cinnabon cinnamon rolls, Hot sauce on my popcorn, Fresh coffee, A
good dark beer, A good cigar with a friend, Tacos al pastor, Pickled
sausages, Peanut butter, Eggnog.
Sense of Sight
Big
waves, Unique landscapes, Explosions, Waterfalls, Hard hard rain,
Lightning, Tumultuous clouds, Snow, Seeing someone start a relationship
with God, My gorgeous wife Suzette, A clean car, a fire in a fireplace.
Unclassifiable
Actions
Rolling rocks off cliffs and down mountains, Winning,
Innertubing down mountains and rivers, Mountain biking, Jumping into water from high places, Beating my brother Jonathan at Chess, Destroying things, Spooning with my wife, Beating my brother-in-law at Scrabble, Coming
home after a long trip,Traveling to new places, Taking pictures, Lighting fires, Getting an overdue oil change, Innertubing down mountains and rivers, Mountain biking, Exploring, Throwing rocks at things floating in the water, Car chases in movies, Hiking, Snowboarding, Killing a mosquito right before I go to sleep
Some
say that there is pleasure in killing people. Never tried it. I've
heard it said that shooting up with Heroin gives you quite the good feeling.
I'll pass. This man enjoys the simple pleasures in life. It's vital to
a joyful life to savor and appreciate the simplest of pleasures around
you. Don't take them for granted.
Well, as I launched the message on my Facebook profile this morning, magically, everything I call by God's design, not mine....your ad popped up!
So in answer to your question, OH, Yes, this woman loves everything i perused on your blog...especially that tote bag for a teacher on the move..teaching from a distance thru a website/fanclub(hopefully)/while writing my book,,,,,,
"Give Me My Mountain" a motivational book for teens....
Happy Adventures,
PaulaDavis56 on Facebook or see my email for updating me...I'll post my URL soon...+++^^^
Will Wilson
07/22/2009 03:21 AM CDT
I too take great pleasures in the simple things in life. I can relate to most things in your list (except scab picking...to be honest I prefer peeling off sunburnt skin).
One thing that would definitely take priority on my list is building things; there's no greater pleasure than knowing you've achieved something!
Stephanie
07/22/2009 02:55 PM CDT
I, too, enjoy most of your favs. Just a few of my must haves are:
- the smell of leaves in Autumn and the crunch of them under my feet (and of course the vibrant colors).
- summer rain that makes the streets steamy
- the feel of someone brushing my hair or playing with it
-the smell of a babies head and a puppy's breath
- the sound of children giggling
- the chills/goosebumps that shoot through my body when I hear others talk about how God is working in their life
- the smell of my husband
- the sight of billowy clouds
- the smell of morning dew on the grass
clifford
07/28/2009 01:38 PM CDT
Hotdogs with yellow mustard & an afternoon watching baseball from behind first base. An icy Coke from a dripping stadium cup to chase it down...or even better, a glass of sun-brewed sweet iced tea. SON!
God bless the South.
Troy
07/29/2009 02:43 PM CDT
-Sunrises (when I'm up early enough to see them)
-Sunsets
-Fine, smooth, single malt scotch
-Well tailored clothing
-A well written poem (either mine or someone else's)
-Waking up with her sleeping on my chest, then going back to sleep
-Wind blowing through my hair
-The bright sound of fresh strings just put on my guitar
-Comedic references with my brother that leave us cracking up for hours
-The smell of a candle being blown out
-The sound of the fog horn at Brant Point, Nantucket, on foggy night
-Cobble stone streets
-Untouched powder in the Hanging Valley Glades, Snowmass, Colorado
-The way my girlfriend stops to smell every flower she walks by (she literally does this)
-The first cut into a fresh piece of construction paper
-How quiet the streets are after a heavy snow
-Making the 9 ball right off the break
-Old jazz (when you can still hear the scratches of the record)
-My parents smiles
-When you make a single spaced paper double spaced (trust me, its so rewarding)
...I could go on and on... These are a few of my faaaaaaavorite things!
Steve
07/31/2009 08:40 AM CDT
The silence in the woods after the first big snow.
Being in the woods in the fall after a rain.
Storm clouds at sunrise/sunset.
Nighttime with a bright moon and patchy clouds.
Lightning bugs.
Pastures with newly baled hay (square, not round)... And knowing that I don't have to haul it.
Any movie where John Wayne wears his pink shirt and brown leather vest.
My sight of my son asleep in the morning.
That feeling I get when I feel God working.
Kevin Miller
07/31/2009 11:48 AM CDT
Not sure I've ever encountered someone else who was cognizant of so many passions in their life.
Often the joy in these 'pleasures' is so acute (especially when I really stop to revel in them), that in reality it almost becomes an ache.
My wife and I contemplated this once while taking in a fully orange tree in Fall.
We decided it was the reality of the true beauty given to us by our creator. Not just to spiritualize it, but I don't know how to wrap myself around it otherwise.
So often we have this wall between us and truth and beauty, and these 'thin spots' can just bring us to our knees.
Thanks for bringing me to dwell on this.
Written while sipping my home roasted coffee (new Tanzanian beans) after enjoying some of my wife's intoxicating kisses.
AleKnight
08/01/2009 02:59 PM CDT
The smell of beer brewing in my kitchen and fermenting in my closet, especially if it's a Belgian. Bonus for when it's finished conditioning and sitting in my favorite beer chalice.
The smell and taste of my favorite tobacco in my pipe.
The aroma of incense in Church and watching it rise to heaven along with the prayers.
The feel of harvest grain slipping through my fingers in October.
South Dakota sunsets and sunrises.
The smell of pine trees in the Black Hills.
Small campfires.
Charcoal grilling.
Fall colours in upstate NY.
Espresso.
William Walla
08/03/2009 09:23 PM CDT
I have just "rediscovered" your web site and blog. All I can say is that I am debt to you for reminding me about the important things in life:
The smell of leather.
A campfire with good friends after a long day working at the deer lease.
Floating down the Comal river.
Watching my beautiful wife go to sleep and knowing she clean, sober and happy.
Sitting in a deer stand knowing fully well that I am not going to kill anything but looking desperately for all of the wildlife that abound in the Texas hill country.
Seeing new places with my family.
Remembering that it's not the destination but the journey, and during the journey that GOD is beside me or carrying me...all the time.
Mantas
08/11/2009 03:24 AM CDT
One of the best feelings in my life is:
-Warm weather with no wind after hard rain;
-Strong hug of my girlfriend and her breathing to my neck;
-Jumping to warm lake at cold midnight;
-Finished long distance run or finished long distance swim;
-Speeeeeeedd;
-Laught with my friends;
-A walk with my girlfriend at moonlight;
Dale L. Newby
09/03/2009 12:30 PM CDT
This site is AWESOME!! The old saying says "the the devil is in the details," but if you pay attention, the good Lord is there more, and that is how he embraces us sometimes. Some of my simple pleasures are:
-Still calling my seventeen year old niece Punkin' just like I did when she was seventeen days old.
-Red-haired, blue eyed little girls with freckles (see the pleasure above).
-A handshake from my dad.
-Thunder and lightning
-Chilling a water melon in a spring fed pond/swimming hole, then eating it.
-Peanut M&Ms.
-Potato chips so salty they burn your lips.
-The leftover accumulation of salt and crumbs at the bottom of a bag of pretzels.
-Bull Mastiffs.
-Writing a fresh poem.
-The part of the movie The Sons of Katie Elder where John Wayne hits George Kennedy with a wagon spoke.
-A Charles Mingus CD
-Psychology
-Seeing one of my favorite patients get to go home after successfully working her treatment.
I kind of got on a tangent....sorry. PEACE and God bless.
Dale
Amanda
09/27/2009 09:53 PM CDT
- The flicker and then the flare of a candle in the dark.
- Waking up and realizing you don't have to get out of bed for two days.
- A cat on your shoulder and a dog at your feet.
- The first shimmer of the fish as it flies out of the water.
- Getting out of the hot springs and taking a running jump into the cold plunge. (Fun Fact: They yell at you when you do this!)
- Staying at a fancy resort the night after having stayed at a $40 motel.
- The sight of a seedling's first tiny bloom.
- A single red leaf amidst green on September 1st.
- The sensation of no longer being able to hear civilization, even when you try.
- The first snowdrops in March.
- Bare feet on a crunchy new layer of leaf litter.
- Pot roast after the high temp of the day was 11ºF.
- Lilacs.
Nicole B
10/01/2009 11:48 PM CDT
When people ask me how are you today? I respond "good enough". Most quietly laugh, pause a moment and say "that sounds like a good spot". Occasionally, some say "well that doesn't sound very good, only good enough, what's wrong" etc. Some days good enough is said rather flatly but most days it is said with enthusiasm and bounce in my voice. I inform them good enough is anywhere from that point and up.
"Good enough" for me means content. Contentment is a wonderful goal. I still achieve happiness, joy, sorrow, grief, etc depending on what is occurring from day to day, but this is all separate from my baseline day to day of 'content'. Those familiar with Winnicott will also see this as a play on the concept of the 'good-enough mother' (those unfamiliar may google of course)
When we are able to realize 'content' we appreciate the things listed by all of those above.
Dave, I love the 5 senses. I think your unclassifiable list is ones that hit sense of emotions such as 'intrigue', 'interest', 'thrill', 'challenge', 'pride'. I used the positive words for these but the negative ones apply as well in creating this emotional response. 'fear', 'jealous', 'power'. The last 'sense' that many of these experiences occur is the spiritual sense.
NOW enough with the serious here is my CONTENT list.
-Off roading in my JEEP
-Joy my dog has riding in the JEEP
-Clean sheet night
-Finding the cat curled up snuggled with the dog
-Tipping of the dogs head when listening to my voice; they are thinking "what?"
-Awakening with the cat sleeping in the middle of my back.
-Dog or cat outstretches paw to touch you with that "you are mine" kind of gesture.
-Twinkle in the eyes of a child. Especially when this twinkle returns after they have been ill.
-Twinkle in the eyes of a child when you know it means they are up to NO GOOD.
-Seeing the 'lightbulb' go off when someone 'gets it' when teaching them.
-A hug from someone quietly saying 'Thank You'
-Giving a hug to quietly say thank you.
-The look between two people knowing an inside joke with no words spoken.
-Being around someone that makes me funnier, smarter, better (the good straight man or woman like Gracy for Burns)
-a good double entendre
-Reading a wonderful book in a hot bath, windows steamy, mirror steamy or on the beach in Aruba (oh happy place!!!!!)
Now my primary senses:
everyone has said new leather, but the look and feel of beat up scratched, banged up old leather with years of "mojo"
-heath bars, my sister-in-laws homemade caramel and toffee, just about anything chocolate, just about anything almond syrupy (coffee esp), girl scout Mint Thins, Dr. Pepper, chocalate fudge pop-tarts, crispy ironed dress shirts like my dad wore, worn out 20 year old broke in sweatshirts, my mothers perfume, smell of chocalate mint from my garden, having 5 or 6 types of mint in the garden, pulling a weed without it breaking, the perfect apple, hot gooey cookies coming out of the oven, the doorbell ringing when it meant going outside to play with friends, a well played blues guitar, the hair standing up on the back of your neck to a note hit by a singer (Ella, for me) or to a live symphony in a beautiful hall. The Muppet Show Theme, old cartoon theme songs,
used to love sleeping through thunderstorms (but my normally content dog does not remain a big brave dog)
the feel of sand through fingers, mud when realize it is just mud through toes, sitting in comfy chair at mom and dad's at end of tough week, anything cooked by dad (almost),
a beautiful rock (pockets full as a kid),
a beautiful piece of turquoise,
The amazing fun of bouncing a good super ball, playing with Silly Putty, anything glow in the dark, glow in the dark Silly Putty, (never ever to old for glow in the dark), coloring, an old shirt of dad's becomes a paint smock, children's art work on a refrigerator, playing with magnets,
Levi 501 buttonfly, grandpas jar of marbles, grandmas root beer floats on fourth of July, grandmas chili, mom's and only mom's thanksgiving dressing, leftover turkey sandwiches,
Rock climbing, rappelling, the perfect skipping stone, snow on mountains, anticipation while loading the bikes on the bike rack, a broken bike helmet (realizing oh yeah that could have been worse), getting a trophy at martial arts tournament, losing at tournament but in a really good match, inside jokes (every family has theres)
Oreos dipped in hot mint tea.....OR
Hot chocolate before bed.
Bye Y'all-Nicole B. early 1970's
I learned to talk while living in Texas moved away age 2 Apparrantly my midwest grandparents simple joy was to ask me to say goodbye.
r4 ds
11/06/2009 03:04 AM CST
I finally decided to write a comment on your blog. I just wanted to say good job. I really enjoy reading your posts.
Cho Yung Tea
07/07/2010 10:33 AM CDT
This is an excellent post. I hope you don't mind if I tweet this
I know it will be appreciated by my followers
Now don’t
forget, I’m a man and so my list is, most likely, very different from what
would be found on a woman’s. Am I the
only man who enjoys these things? Do
women enjoy them more? Feel free to add
your own onto the end. Keep it PG-13 or under.
Sense of Touch 
Peanut butter
cookie
dough, Cinnabon cinnamon rolls, Hot sauce on my popcorn, Fresh coffee, A
good dark beer, A good cigar with a friend, Tacos al pastor, Pickled
sausages, Peanut butter, Eggnog.
Beating my brother Jonathan at Chess, Destroying things, Spooning with my wife, Beating my brother-in-law at Scrabble, Coming
home after a long trip,Traveling to new places, Taking pictures, Lighting fires, Getting an overdue oil change, Innertubing down mountains and rivers, Mountain biking, Exploring, Throwing rocks at things floating in the water, Car chases in movies, Hiking, Snowboarding, 
Customer Comments
Paula Davis
07/20/2009 10:47 AM CDT
Well, as I launched the message on my Facebook profile this morning, magically, everything I call by God's design, not mine....your ad popped up!
So in answer to your question, OH, Yes, this woman loves everything i perused on your blog...especially that tote bag for a teacher on the move..teaching from a distance thru a website/fanclub(hopefully)/while writing my book,,,,,,
"Give Me My Mountain" a motivational book for teens....
Happy Adventures,
PaulaDavis56 on Facebook or see my email for updating me...I'll post my URL soon...+++^^^
Will Wilson
07/22/2009 03:21 AM CDT
I too take great pleasures in the simple things in life. I can relate to most things in your list (except scab picking...to be honest I prefer peeling off sunburnt skin).
One thing that would definitely take priority on my list is building things; there's no greater pleasure than knowing you've achieved something!
Stephanie
07/22/2009 02:55 PM CDT
I, too, enjoy most of your favs. Just a few of my must haves are:
- the smell of leaves in Autumn and the crunch of them under my feet (and of course the vibrant colors).
- summer rain that makes the streets steamy
- the feel of someone brushing my hair or playing with it
-the smell of a babies head and a puppy's breath
- the sound of children giggling
- the chills/goosebumps that shoot through my body when I hear others talk about how God is working in their life
- the smell of my husband
- the sight of billowy clouds
- the smell of morning dew on the grass
clifford
07/28/2009 01:38 PM CDT
Hotdogs with yellow mustard & an afternoon watching baseball from behind first base. An icy Coke from a dripping stadium cup to chase it down...or even better, a glass of sun-brewed sweet iced tea. SON!
God bless the South.
Troy
07/29/2009 02:43 PM CDT
-Sunrises (when I'm up early enough to see them)
-Sunsets
-Fine, smooth, single malt scotch
-Well tailored clothing
-A well written poem (either mine or someone else's)
-Waking up with her sleeping on my chest, then going back to sleep
-Wind blowing through my hair
-The bright sound of fresh strings just put on my guitar
-Comedic references with my brother that leave us cracking up for hours
-The smell of a candle being blown out
-The sound of the fog horn at Brant Point, Nantucket, on foggy night
-Cobble stone streets
-Untouched powder in the Hanging Valley Glades, Snowmass, Colorado
-The way my girlfriend stops to smell every flower she walks by (she literally does this)
-The first cut into a fresh piece of construction paper
-How quiet the streets are after a heavy snow
-Making the 9 ball right off the break
-Old jazz (when you can still hear the scratches of the record)
-My parents smiles
-When you make a single spaced paper double spaced (trust me, its so rewarding)
...I could go on and on... These are a few of my faaaaaaavorite things!
Steve
07/31/2009 08:40 AM CDT
The silence in the woods after the first big snow.
Being in the woods in the fall after a rain.
Storm clouds at sunrise/sunset.
Nighttime with a bright moon and patchy clouds.
Lightning bugs.
Pastures with newly baled hay (square, not round)... And knowing that I don't have to haul it.
Any movie where John Wayne wears his pink shirt and brown leather vest.
My sight of my son asleep in the morning.
That feeling I get when I feel God working.
Kevin Miller
07/31/2009 11:48 AM CDT
Not sure I've ever encountered someone else who was cognizant of so many passions in their life.
Often the joy in these 'pleasures' is so acute (especially when I really stop to revel in them), that in reality it almost becomes an ache.
My wife and I contemplated this once while taking in a fully orange tree in Fall.
We decided it was the reality of the true beauty given to us by our creator. Not just to spiritualize it, but I don't know how to wrap myself around it otherwise.
So often we have this wall between us and truth and beauty, and these 'thin spots' can just bring us to our knees.
Thanks for bringing me to dwell on this.
Written while sipping my home roasted coffee (new Tanzanian beans) after enjoying some of my wife's intoxicating kisses.
AleKnight
08/01/2009 02:59 PM CDT
The smell of beer brewing in my kitchen and fermenting in my closet, especially if it's a Belgian. Bonus for when it's finished conditioning and sitting in my favorite beer chalice.
The smell and taste of my favorite tobacco in my pipe.
The aroma of incense in Church and watching it rise to heaven along with the prayers.
The feel of harvest grain slipping through my fingers in October.
South Dakota sunsets and sunrises.
The smell of pine trees in the Black Hills.
Small campfires.
Charcoal grilling.
Fall colours in upstate NY.
Espresso.
William Walla
08/03/2009 09:23 PM CDT
I have just "rediscovered" your web site and blog. All I can say is that I am debt to you for reminding me about the important things in life:
The smell of leather.
A campfire with good friends after a long day working at the deer lease.
Floating down the Comal river.
Watching my beautiful wife go to sleep and knowing she clean, sober and happy.
Sitting in a deer stand knowing fully well that I am not going to kill anything but looking desperately for all of the wildlife that abound in the Texas hill country.
Seeing new places with my family.
Remembering that it's not the destination but the journey, and during the journey that GOD is beside me or carrying me...all the time.
Mantas
08/11/2009 03:24 AM CDT
One of the best feelings in my life is:
-Warm weather with no wind after hard rain;
-Strong hug of my girlfriend and her breathing to my neck;
-Jumping to warm lake at cold midnight;
-Finished long distance run or finished long distance swim;
-Speeeeeeedd;
-Laught with my friends;
-A walk with my girlfriend at moonlight;
Dale L. Newby
09/03/2009 12:30 PM CDT
This site is AWESOME!! The old saying says "the the devil is in the details," but if you pay attention, the good Lord is there more, and that is how he embraces us sometimes. Some of my simple pleasures are:
-Still calling my seventeen year old niece Punkin' just like I did when she was seventeen days old.
-Red-haired, blue eyed little girls with freckles (see the pleasure above).
-A handshake from my dad.
-Thunder and lightning
-Chilling a water melon in a spring fed pond/swimming hole, then eating it.
-Peanut M&Ms.
-Potato chips so salty they burn your lips.
-The leftover accumulation of salt and crumbs at the bottom of a bag of pretzels.
-Bull Mastiffs.
-Writing a fresh poem.
-The part of the movie The Sons of Katie Elder where John Wayne hits George Kennedy with a wagon spoke.
-A Charles Mingus CD
-Psychology
-Seeing one of my favorite patients get to go home after successfully working her treatment.
I kind of got on a tangent....sorry. PEACE and God bless.
Dale
Amanda
09/27/2009 09:53 PM CDT
- The flicker and then the flare of a candle in the dark.
- Waking up and realizing you don't have to get out of bed for two days.
- A cat on your shoulder and a dog at your feet.
- The first shimmer of the fish as it flies out of the water.
- Getting out of the hot springs and taking a running jump into the cold plunge. (Fun Fact: They yell at you when you do this!)
- Staying at a fancy resort the night after having stayed at a $40 motel.
- The sight of a seedling's first tiny bloom.
- A single red leaf amidst green on September 1st.
- The sensation of no longer being able to hear civilization, even when you try.
- The first snowdrops in March.
- Bare feet on a crunchy new layer of leaf litter.
- Pot roast after the high temp of the day was 11ºF.
- Lilacs.
Nicole B
10/01/2009 11:48 PM CDT
When people ask me how are you today? I respond "good enough". Most quietly laugh, pause a moment and say "that sounds like a good spot". Occasionally, some say "well that doesn't sound very good, only good enough, what's wrong" etc. Some days good enough is said rather flatly but most days it is said with enthusiasm and bounce in my voice. I inform them good enough is anywhere from that point and up.
"Good enough" for me means content. Contentment is a wonderful goal. I still achieve happiness, joy, sorrow, grief, etc depending on what is occurring from day to day, but this is all separate from my baseline day to day of 'content'. Those familiar with Winnicott will also see this as a play on the concept of the 'good-enough mother' (those unfamiliar may google of course)
When we are able to realize 'content' we appreciate the things listed by all of those above.
Dave, I love the 5 senses. I think your unclassifiable list is ones that hit sense of emotions such as 'intrigue', 'interest', 'thrill', 'challenge', 'pride'. I used the positive words for these but the negative ones apply as well in creating this emotional response. 'fear', 'jealous', 'power'. The last 'sense' that many of these experiences occur is the spiritual sense.
NOW enough with the serious here is my CONTENT list.
-Off roading in my JEEP
-Joy my dog has riding in the JEEP
-Clean sheet night
-Finding the cat curled up snuggled with the dog
-Tipping of the dogs head when listening to my voice; they are thinking "what?"
-Awakening with the cat sleeping in the middle of my back.
-Dog or cat outstretches paw to touch you with that "you are mine" kind of gesture.
-Twinkle in the eyes of a child. Especially when this twinkle returns after they have been ill.
-Twinkle in the eyes of a child when you know it means they are up to NO GOOD.
-Seeing the 'lightbulb' go off when someone 'gets it' when teaching them.
-A hug from someone quietly saying 'Thank You'
-Giving a hug to quietly say thank you.
-The look between two people knowing an inside joke with no words spoken.
-Being around someone that makes me funnier, smarter, better (the good straight man or woman like Gracy for Burns)
-a good double entendre
-Reading a wonderful book in a hot bath, windows steamy, mirror steamy or on the beach in Aruba (oh happy place!!!!!)
Now my primary senses:
everyone has said new leather, but the look and feel of beat up scratched, banged up old leather with years of "mojo"
-heath bars, my sister-in-laws homemade caramel and toffee, just about anything chocolate, just about anything almond syrupy (coffee esp), girl scout Mint Thins, Dr. Pepper, chocalate fudge pop-tarts, crispy ironed dress shirts like my dad wore, worn out 20 year old broke in sweatshirts, my mothers perfume, smell of chocalate mint from my garden, having 5 or 6 types of mint in the garden, pulling a weed without it breaking, the perfect apple, hot gooey cookies coming out of the oven, the doorbell ringing when it meant going outside to play with friends, a well played blues guitar, the hair standing up on the back of your neck to a note hit by a singer (Ella, for me) or to a live symphony in a beautiful hall. The Muppet Show Theme, old cartoon theme songs,
used to love sleeping through thunderstorms (but my normally content dog does not remain a big brave dog)
the feel of sand through fingers, mud when realize it is just mud through toes, sitting in comfy chair at mom and dad's at end of tough week, anything cooked by dad (almost),
a beautiful rock (pockets full as a kid),
a beautiful piece of turquoise,
The amazing fun of bouncing a good super ball, playing with Silly Putty, anything glow in the dark, glow in the dark Silly Putty, (never ever to old for glow in the dark), coloring, an old shirt of dad's becomes a paint smock, children's art work on a refrigerator, playing with magnets,
Levi 501 buttonfly, grandpas jar of marbles, grandmas root beer floats on fourth of July, grandmas chili, mom's and only mom's thanksgiving dressing, leftover turkey sandwiches,
Rock climbing, rappelling, the perfect skipping stone, snow on mountains, anticipation while loading the bikes on the bike rack, a broken bike helmet (realizing oh yeah that could have been worse), getting a trophy at martial arts tournament, losing at tournament but in a really good match, inside jokes (every family has theres)
Oreos dipped in hot mint tea.....OR
Hot chocolate before bed.
Bye Y'all-Nicole B. early 1970's
I learned to talk while living in Texas moved away age 2 Apparrantly my midwest grandparents simple joy was to ask me to say goodbye.
r4 ds
11/06/2009 03:04 AM CST
I finally decided to write a comment on your blog. I just wanted to say good job. I really enjoy reading your posts.
Cho Yung Tea
07/07/2010 10:33 AM CDT
This is an excellent post. I hope you don't mind if I tweet this
I know it will be appreciated by my followers