Things That Get Overlooked

[butterflydreaming]

I 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.

Comments

[varina8.livejournal.com]

1. Seeing flickers in Volunteer Park. You never think of them as city birds, but here they are.
2. The Olympics. I love Rainier, but for me, they are the mountains that make me think "home."
3. Satsumas. They always taste like Christmas to me.
4. Fortune cookies.
5. Aloeswood incense.

[ironymaiden]

satsumas! and pomegranates! they're my December pleasures.

[butterflydrming.livejournal.com]

L thinks of flickers as good omens. We were in Schmidtz park once and saw a group of them courting.

[varina8.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've never seeing the courting ritual. Lucky you!