Random Musings

What Pleases Me for Me

The prompt I picked up out of the pile today was:

Make a list of what pleases you all for yourself

I thought I'd share, so here goes, in no particular order; I wrote what came to me as it came to me:

Red licorice, my favorite is Twizzlers strawberry
A good cup of coffee the first thing in the morning
Being by myself, able to write without fear of interruption
Doing what I want to do, when I want to do it
The color black
Hart to Hart, once the TV show, now the DVD's
The internet
My computers, especially the laptop
Journaling
Knowing that my mother is as close as the telephone and my father as close as "send"
Writing the series that I'm currently writing
Talking about writing with others who enjoy writing
Music
My hair
Shoes
Female vocalists with rich, lower register voices or excellent timbre, ala Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughn, Judy Garland, Anita Baker, Ella
Male vocalists; Luther Van Dross, Will Downing, Frank Sinatra come to mind. Have to sound confident,mellow, and very sexy
Tart, sweet tasting things
Sleeping in or getting up way before everyone else in the house
Staying up late into the night after everyone else is asleep
Working with beads, stringing them into something lovely and interesting
Bright, warm colors; lime or avocado green, persimmon, yellow
Laughing until I cry
Watching little children when they don't know anyone is watching
Good eyes
A genuine smile
An intelligent boy who doesn't mind exposing the fact that he's intelligent
Long drives through picturesque places, the more historic, the better
The smell of the furnace when its turned on for the first time in the fall
Remembering and/or talking about the fascinating people who crossed my life, and have since passed on
Sitting out on the deck on an early June day before the searing heat of Georgia Julys and Augusts, drinking sweet tea with lemon and writing in my journal with Anita Baker or somebody crooning on the CD player
When all is right in my world

I like to write these kinds of lists. It's interesting to see what things I said that I preferred today when I look at it again a year from now.