Today I went to an actual mall to purchase sundry gifts that could not be found elsewhere. Winter is a wretched season and shopping in an enclosed space with angry humans and overpowering scents does not generally improve my mood.
But instead of getting angry I started to hum and sat down right there next to the caged Santa to take notes.
Here are a few of my favorite things:
- Polyester dresses
- Story songs
- Comprehensive health and dental insurance
- Reading in the bath for hours
- The Olympic range, from a distance
- The way Mount Rainier seems to slide across the horizon as the Fauntleroy ferry motors toward Southworth
- The burrito bus down in Rainier valley
- Collards, rice & gravy with a biscuit at the Globe
- Swallows swarming over the knoll at Sand Point
- The friendship of my children
- The love of my friends
The best thing by far this year? I’ve made so many promises and commitments I simply do not have time in the schedule for pesky cancer tests. Tra la la & happy holidays!