Things That Get Overlooked
Dec. 7th, 2005 08:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
butterflydreamingI once, as a kid, made a list of 100 things that I considered blessings. I was the only one of us seven that hid in the bathroom to cry, but even still, I put that list together in the time it took to write it out. Things like "snail trails" and "being able to sing" were on it -- maybe not those, specifically, but to that effect.
I made a comment to a friend today about the things that get overlooked. What brings you delight in your day? Not the expected -- don't say family or your lover or your career or writing. Tell me about demitasse spoons. Tell me about air fresheners.
1. I have a favorite mug, perfect for tea, French press coffee, hot chocolate, chai, or cider. It's brown clay; I bought it in Winthrop. I love the way it fits my hands, which makes me feel like I belong in this world. See? I fit.
2. I'm fond of paperclips, especially the swirl kind. They're steel. They're practical. Their design and manufacture is a simple perfection.
3. Mt. Rainier, also called Tahoma, part of the landscape that always catches my notice.
4. Getting to choose postage stamps from several designs.
5. Tinted moisturizer: a brilliant invention. (Guys, in make-up this takes the place of foundation and is good for the skin.)
Because I write posts like this, some people think that I'm a pink-ribboned girl, all unicorns and rainbows and daisies.
I made a comment to a friend today about the things that get overlooked. What brings you delight in your day? Not the expected -- don't say family or your lover or your career or writing. Tell me about demitasse spoons. Tell me about air fresheners.
1. I have a favorite mug, perfect for tea, French press coffee, hot chocolate, chai, or cider. It's brown clay; I bought it in Winthrop. I love the way it fits my hands, which makes me feel like I belong in this world. See? I fit.
2. I'm fond of paperclips, especially the swirl kind. They're steel. They're practical. Their design and manufacture is a simple perfection.
3. Mt. Rainier, also called Tahoma, part of the landscape that always catches my notice.
4. Getting to choose postage stamps from several designs.
5. Tinted moisturizer: a brilliant invention. (Guys, in make-up this takes the place of foundation and is good for the skin.)
Because I write posts like this, some people think that I'm a pink-ribboned girl, all unicorns and rainbows and daisies.
Re: this is gonna sound dippy, but...
Date: 2005-12-08 05:01 am (UTC)Re: this is gonna sound dippy, but...
Date: 2005-12-08 05:23 am (UTC)Then it's exactly what I gleaning for.