Happiness Makes up in Height for What it Lacks in Length
- Robert Frost
To balance out my last post, here are a few of the little things that bring me joy:
- an unexpected love letter
- warm sand between my toes
- a cat's purr
- giving someone the right of way in heavy traffic
- sticky kid-kisses
- chocolate
- the languid arc of a heron in flight
- poetry that is profoundly simple and unpretentious
- snow falling
- the tug of discovery when inspiration strikes and a poem or story pours out
- a random smile from a total stranger
I could go on and on, but now it's your turn. What makes you happy?
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- Sharon Hurlbut
- Physical anthropologist, writer, compulsive knitter, and mother of two. My fiction and poetry are published under the pen-name Ann Walters.
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2 comments:
These thrill me, among other things:
- an unexpected yet welcome kiss
- reading the perfectly crafted sentence, that somehow balances depth with art, a sentence that lingers like the kiss from above.
- the warmth of two bodies togther under warm sheets.
- a cool summer breeze on a stifling night
- frigid weather that instantly freezes my nose hairs and bites at any exposed skin.
- kindness, genuine and pure
- the crunch of snow under foot, as I tread a moonlit path in the woods.
I found that most of yr. answers could been on my list as well;
so here are a few more
listening to music
hearing from an old friend
when my son tells me he loves me
playing with my dog
enjoying a good meal/glass of wine
writing a good poem
a day off
as you said i could go on & on.
nice escape from the recent sadness of Katrina.
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