21. Art (and being surrounded by it).
22. Looking through people’s old family albums with them.
23. The smell of bonfires, lily of the valley, summer rain, evergreens, books, coated magazine paper, boiling milk, old houses, and fresh autumn air.
24. Wandering through the streets of some foreign city and suddenly overhearing a conversation in Polish, or noticing a Polish flag stitched onto someone’s backpack or jacket.
25. Cooking a good meal and having someone ask for seconds.
26. Loving a song upon first listen.
27. Reading, eating, and sleeping outdoors.
28. Walking out of the house without a jacket for the first time after a long winter.
29. Finally being old enough to harp on the “when I was your age” cliché.
30. Friendly rivalries.
Apr 15, 2011, 09:22AM PDT | 4 cheers | 0 comments
11. Picking out and eating those half-open kernels at the bottom of a bowl of popcorn.
12. Learning something new and getting it right the first or second time around.
13. Travel.
14. Realizing that my bad first impression of someone was completely wrong.
15. Throwing myself into unpredictable situations.
16. Wading through open water.
17. Driving with the windows down in the summertime.
18. Extended deadlines.
19. Catching people off guard.
20. A sudden rush of inspiration.
Apr 09, 2011, 05:43PM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments
1. Spending time with my mother.
2. Crossing off a destination from the list of places I’d like to visit.
3. Cats. Especially mine.
4. Becoming so completely engrossed in a book that I almost lose sense of reality.
5. Receiving an unexpected e-mail from someone, whether it be a friend or a stranger.
6. Giving someone a gift and later finding that they’ve put it to good use.
7. Waking up in the middle of the night and realizing I still have a few more hours of sleep left.
8. Dancing salsa with someone who knows how.
9. Weddings.
10. Finding bird nests in funny places.
Mar 21, 2011, 04:36PM PDT | 3 cheers | 0 comments
