happy stuff

 

  • an open box of crayons … 64 count
  • Jeans that covet no attention
  • the falling petals of cherry blossoms
  • unexpected Thrift Store finds
  • black goats … black sheep
  • The Harlem Renaissance
  • vintage Lily Dache hats
  • bleach
  • tribal Masai
  • charm bracelets
  • Platinum … white and gold
  • black pearls
  • whiskey sours
  • the smell of pine trees
  • the southern cedar Christmas tree
  • The Great Lakes
  • French manicures
  • pennies in a Mason jar
  • sewing notions in a Mason jar
  • drinking from a Mason jar
  • anything … in a Mason jar
  • painted toenails
  • crinolines
  • cashmere … anything
  • Christian Dior … then and now
  • folk art
  • prune juice
  • gingham … calico … muslin
  • licorice
  • the letter X
  • black fine line sharpie
  • lemon juice
  • vitamin E
  • sweet tea
  • geometric shapes
  • organic form
  • cat eyeglasses
  • turquoise
  • mandarin oranges
  • dresses
  • rusty nails
  • nails
  • vintage fashion magazines
  • cardinals
  • weeds
  • white linen sportswear
  • The Bible
  • Bugs Bunny dialogue
  • refrigerator fruit magnets
  • fresh basil
  • windowed envelopes
  • woks … bamboo steamers … chopsticks
  • hand-painted furniture
  • brown eyes
  • cayenne red pepper flakes
  • wedding dresses
  • A Charlie Brown Christmas
  • short black leather gloves
  • Fendi handbags
  • car motors
  • piano music in the song Sympathy for the Devil
  • Industrial design
  • washable tats
  • box art
  • newsprint
  • bumblebees and yellow jackets
  • rubbing alcohol
  • a cool breeze after a rain storm
  • toddlers
  • toddlers toddling
  • the Dewey Decimal system
  • virtual shopping
  • Adobe software
  • South American film makers
  • French films
  • Ingmar Bergman films
  • campy Horror movies
  • Eames furniture
  • ravioli
  • home-made chicken noodle soup
  • shimmer powder … glitter/glow make-up
  • peeking bras straps
  • the penis
  • Rookwood pottery
  • hearty/earthy/nutty breads
  • goat cheese
  • fresh nutmeg
  • blue oxford cotton button-downs
  • black & white tiled checkerboard floors
  • white 3-pc pantsuit … any decade
  • Volkswagon Bug
  • convertible Volkswagon bug … black
  • circa
  • fonts
  • the art of Romare Bearden
  • micro haircuts
  • macro haircuts
  • mosaic fruit juiced ice cubes
  • fur … real fur … yeah, I know
  • faux fur … fashionable plastic … yeah, I know
  • short fingernails/short toenails
  • the radio years of Agnes Moorehead
  • the genius of Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater … stage/radio/film … thank you
  • the law of marginal utility
  • short stories
  • Christmas music
  • Public Libraries
  • Librarians … especially Reference Librarians … I like the tick and the tock of the mindset of these folks … they can dig it … and do
  • spring water
  • daydreaming
  • opaque/translucent
  • the energy of prayer
  • How-To tuts
  • transistor radios
  • leather bound journals
  • Authors – writers, filmmakers, artists
  • color wheels
  • the stick shift … I miss the daily physical interaction with my car’s engine … it was personal
  • black squirrels
  • Oak trees
  • Ken Burns documentary films
  • Dollar stores
  • soft meltable chewable mints
  • Rosarys
  • English Black tea
  • collard greens
  • Imagination
  • Honesty
  • Boris Karloff
  • sesame seed encrusted salmon
  • a lover’s whisper
  • anise seed
  • grated lemon rind … zest
  • grated orange rind … zest
  • cardboard pizza boxes
  • saddle shoes
  • Apple electronics
  • the bottom of baby feet
  • kissing
  • glass Christmas tree ornaments
  • Dresden Christmas tree ornaments
  • German engineering
  • city building shadows
  • vinyl LP’s
  • Attitude … with … or … without the anger
  • Progressive youth