The following is from the note in my phone where I list the things that bring me pleasure. It’s mostly food, but there are some other sentimentalities here too. The list itself is copied exactly as I wrote it, emphasis and errors intact. I think it gives a little peek into what it’s like in my head, and I’d love to see some of yours, too.

:)

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  • orange wine

  • kooky earrings

  • ugly color nail polish

  • stinky cheese

  • dry shampoo

  • cookbooks

  • sparkling water

  • woodsy perfume

  • really nice moss

  • soft boiled eggs in cute cups

  • true green (#30642b)

  • sunrise grass dew

  • negronis in a textured glass

  • oat milk cappuccinos

  • warm bread

  • homemade pasta

  • really big scarves

  • tinned seafood

  • fresh dill

  • fish tacos

  • mustard yellow

  • horseradish

  • artichokes

  • graphic print blankets

  • sculptural chairs

  • doing shots with bartenders

  • raw lemon

  • sunglasses

  • mineral sunscreen that doesn’t leave a white cast

  • sweet potatoes

  • mailboxes that look like the house

  • socks and sandals

  • wide legged pants

  • being kissed on the forehead

  • a CRISP white tee

  • hands after you paint

  • things made big that are usually small and the opposite

  • sparkle emoji

  • ALFALFA SPROUTS

  • animals using stairs

  • people taking picture of other people taking pictures

  • little dishes to put your jewelry in

  • french omelette with hot sauce

  • TORN bread

  • “tender”

  • a clean refrigerator

  • the text effects on the parental warning in no reservations

  • teeth marks in thick butter

  • pink plastic cups

  • calling natural wine “natty w”

  • riding in the back of a pickup truck

  • when birds hold out their wings to dry in the sun

  • beard hairnets

  • manicured hedges

  • jimmy buffet’s “one particular harbour”

  • automatic donut makers

  • curled up pepperoni cups with oil

  • lipstick stains on cigarettes

  • pebble ice

  • miso butter

  • oi muchim

  • moss on turtles

  • dogs hanging their heads out of car windows

  • first splash of milk in a cold brew

  • fridge magnets

  • dog water fountains

  • two people who are both in their cars having a conversation

  • bowling animations

  • yacht rock in general

  • bird footprints in concrete

  • english style gardens

  • garfield

  • cookies with a bunch of stuff in them (pretzels)

  • peach rings

  • the act of sharing an orange

  • frogs

  • extra freckles in the summer

  • laying down when you’re sitting on a hill

  • cat backpack

  • coffee and a baked good

  • dogs w three legs

  • Pinterest

  • post-it notes

  • Raymond Carver’s Late Fragment

  • groups of men sharing an appetizer

  • fresh hummus

  • yo-yos 🪀

  • espresso tonic

  • magic erasers

  • coffee and oranges??

  • pimento cheese

  • magnum PI

  • really old trees

  • tire swings

  • freezer peas

— 2024

  • incense, sometimes

  • CDs!!!

  • “bonkers”

  • muppets

  • pineapple and jalepeno pizza

  • chunky shoes

  • white beans!

  • beans on toast

  • homestarrunner.com

  • alexander girard

  • the names they give racehorses

  • boba machines (and punching through the lid with the straw)

  • wikipedia

  • colman’s mustard packaging

  • a cupboard full of board games

  • salads with citrus

  • my cat’s little breaths

  • tomato sandwich

  • libraries

  • facial mists

  • the lindt man with the hat

  • specialty colored highlighters

  • dappled light

  • banjos

  • children in ball caps

  • those teeny hairs that grow on your ears

  • birds taking dust baths

  • couples kissing on park benches

  • holding a wine glass by the base

  • hamtaro

  • boys walking around with bouquets of flowers

  • holding hands on bixis

  • candle holders

  • wine bottle coasters

  • tiny dishes

  • collages

  • handwritten recipes

  • finding people’s old pinterest boards

  • novelty pot holders

  • crosswords

  • the bandaids that fit over the ends of your fingers

  • gordon lightfoot

  • stargazing !!

  • smoked trout

  • marcel the shell with shoes on

  • thanksgiving

  • shrimp tempura

  • orangina

  • kermit the frog

  • marzipan

  • pawn shops

    —-2025—-

  • lava lamps

  • platform shoes

  • jeopardy!

  • truchet tiles

  • corpse flowers

  • newton’s cradles

  • mr. yuck

  • sarah paine

  • flash mobs

  • jinx you owe me a coke

  • my green gameboy color

  • altoids

  • idogs

  • tommyknockers

  • friendship bracelets

  • jaw harps

  • fuzzy stickers

  • grimace

  • peanut butter and jelly sandwiches

  • when you hold your hand against the sunlight and the sides of your fingers are pinky red

  • mandarin jarritos

  • gameboy printers

  • samurai jack

  • honey butter potato chips

  • the french word for raccoon

  • trackpoints

  • making prints out of a potato

  • fresca

  • drinking anything out of a jar

  • sam cooke

  • lemonade

  • keychains

  • being in a greenhouse during a rainstorm

  • ikea lamps

  • drinking anything out of a jam jar

  • soup

  • the moments before « i wonder if… »

  • cat named benjamin franklin

  • « yikes »

  • frozen grapes

  • chocolate frosties and fries

  • pinching a fern by the base and pulling, snapping the fronds together into a little flower between your fingers

  • furby

  • the quisp guy

  • bookends