A Few of My Favorite Things
A Few of My Favorite Things
And then I don’t feel so bad
This week was rough. And it's only getting rougher. So I made a list of a few of my favorite things*:
- locally roasted, artisan espresso
- NPR
- state parks
- county parks
- town parks
- Okay, pretty much any park
- Civil rights
- Feminism
- PBS
- the National Endowment for the Arts
- literature
- literature majors
- clean energy
- solar panels
- tiny houses
- hiking
- climbing
- running
- soccer
- biking
- yoga
- my dog Ryder
- clean air
- whole foods
- opportunity for everyone
- common courtesy
- sweet tea
- wide open spaces
- abandoned places
- public schools
- familiar faces
- family and friends
- family friends
- poetry
- motion
- poetry in motion
- fine art
- messy art
- eloquent language
- emotions for which there is no language
- careful listening
- hills alive with the sound of music
- clarinet
- piano
- kids in ensembles
- bright lights of the stage
- that feeling you get when your stomach jumps to your throat when you fall or jump off a bouldering problem
- LOVE
*this is not a complete list
Don't let these things disappear.