14,000 things to be happy about.....


hollow-stemmed Pilsner glasses
building a model car
dainty fruit dishes
doing your own thing
flickering gaslights
a 10-gallon jug of fruit salad
lakeside roads with farm stands offering apples, pumpkins, pears and other fruit and vegetables
making friends with the police
passing notes
"skit night" at camp=oh the memories of wawona
jellyrolls
flipping the record-selection flaps on the jukebox until told to stop
nylon tennis panties
splendid "dunkers" with coffee
allowances
halcyon= calm, peaceful, happy, golden, prosperous, affluent
rosemary= remembrance
fried rice
competence
hymn-sings
dim, low hanging factory lamps
a candle lit room
hemming your clothes
smooth, muscular arms
snorkeling
homemade cider jelly
long hands
miniature artichokes
pink butcher's paper
Montego Bay, Jamaica
10 cent ferry rides
window spray de-icer
winter as a master miniaturist
candy-stripe shirts, unironed
cinnamon coffeecake
snow outlining the elements of trees' architecture
dinner with laughter
funny toes
knowing there will be many surprises in the future
stuffing a phone booth with people
rooms with polished pine floorboards and door jambs that tilt and slant and extra touches like silk flowers and current issues of antique and wildlife magazines
snow white carpeting
sports-art galleries


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