An ongoing collection of words that share the details that make life what is to me.
In other words, this is living:
- The way I saw the world when I was little
- Old film
- Polaroids
- Landscapes
- Grainy melodies
- Blurred pictures
- The sound of rain hitting my window at night while lying in bed
- Autumn
- Walking for no real reason
- Cleaning off rocks in water
- Foliage
- Crunchy leaves
- Being outside
- Taking the back roads
- Possibilities
- Finding old things at yard sales
- Silence
- The buzz of street lamps at night
- Yellow traffic lights at 4 am
- Brightly lit nighttime greenhouses
- The park at dusk
- Noticing the little things
- Abandoned landscapes
- The feeling you get when you explore places you know you shouldn’t be
- When pay phones ring even though no one is around
- When they test the emergency broadcast system
- Specific locations
- Unspecific locations
- Old maps
- Weather
- Looking up and/or down and seeing things you never noticed
- Nighttime skylines in the middle of nowhere
- The stillness that autumn brings
- The unknown and the unknowable
- Reflections in puddles
- The sound of wind in the trees on fall nights
- Nostalgia
- Exploring new paths
- Sand
- Road trips
- Escapism
- Imagination
- Big breakfasts
- Sledding
- Warming up after sledding
- the silence between a lightening flash and a clap of thunder
- the silhouette of a late autumn tree
- British accents
- The thrill you get when going down in the basement and the light is off
- When my windshield wipers are in beat with my music
- Weeping willows
- Getting the first slice of pizza from the box
- The smell of a bookstore
- The second after jumping off the dock into the water when you know you can’t go back
- Throwing things away
- Coloring books
- The ping that you have an IM
- Waking up slowly
- Big bon fires under the stars
- Watching waves roll up on a shore
- Sitting on any roof at any time of day
- Trees
- Bridges
- The smell of a rain storm before and after it goes by
- When leaves leave impressions on the sidewalk in autumn
- the sound of frogs on summer nights
- Bonsai trees
- Antique stores, flea markets, thrift shops
- Examining the details of everyday objects
- Watching your shadow change as you walk around
- Slow motion memories
- Pretending
- When the hall is dark, but there is a candle flickering in the bathroom
- Naps in the shade
- Hammocks
- Sunlight hitting your eyes at the beach
- Sitting outside to eat
- Moving the living room outside
- Wrap around porches
- Making forts
- Making a tent of blankets, cushions and pillows (bonus if you nap under there)
- The first day you notice leaves on the trees
- Downhill, feet out, on your bike
- Cold breeze, cozy bed
- Feeling the heat of the sun on your body
- The earthy smell of ripe blackberries in summer
- Tipping a chair backwards and getting that perfect balance
- The little wiggling thing cats do before they pounce
- Glass bottles of ink
- Getting a perfect cadence to your words
- Sway of the grass in the wind
- Forests full of mystery
- Laying in the grass while it rains
- Climbing trees
- Camping
- Counting the stars
- Crunch of leaves
- Lazy rivers
- The way light falls through blinds and onto a wall
- Warm breezes
- Outdoor naps
- Ambient sounds
- Watching spiders make webs
- Random acts of kindness
- The smell of play-dough
- The feeling of melting ice on my lips
- Unexpected messages
- The slight itchiness that dried saltwater leaves on your skin
To be continued…