A smile.

1. Dragonflies
2. Books
3. Colorado
4. My bestest friend: my husband
5. Autumn
6. Sitting in the shade on a hot day, with a good book, puppy at my feet
7. My dog Coco, the best puppy in the world!
8. Hiking
9. Early morning walks before the sun is up
10. Reading poetry
11. Writing poetry
12. Getting published
13. Pizza
14. Football & Basketball, especially NCAA
15. Photography
16. Olympic Curling!
17. Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors album
18. Pink Floyd
19. Dire Straits
20. Tom Petty
21. My favorite movie, The Godfather
22. Long, hot showers
23. A good thunderstorm with lots of thunder & lightning
24. Getting some much needed rain
25. The first snowfall
26. Halloween: the vibe, the decor, the candy, the fun, Trick or Treaters, the spookiness!
27. Quilting: FABRIC!!
28. Getting letters & postcards in the mail
29. Mackinaw Island
30. Travel & exploring new places: anything from going down a ‘virgin’ gravel road to visiting (or dreaming about visiting) foreign countries

Wait. There’s more!!

31. Peaches & strawberries

32. A good Cabernet sauvignon

33. Watching Netflix / Hulu / Apple TV series with my husband, preferably at night with the lights out and a candle or two burning low & unobtrusive

34. Thanksgiving

35. The movie All That Jazz, especially the opening number

36. Getting lots of Likes and Comments on my blog posts (!!!)

37. Seeing baby goats run & kick & frolic

38. PUPPIES!!

39. Exploring any art museum

40. Craft shows

41. British TV

42. Baby kittens

43. Old barns

44. Riding my bike

45. Drinking lots of water

This one is easy — I’d love for us to return to the innocence (some might call it naivete) of the world before internet technologies, social media and 24/7 regurgitations poisoned our days. There are benefits, no doubt, but I’ve been wondering for a while now if the cost is just much too high.