Simple joys

1. Walking to the grocery store with a friend and admiring the varied architecture.

2. Walking home from the grocery store, standing in someone's yard, and feeling the intense energy emanating from their trees and home -- and wanting to cry for how good it makes me feel.

3. A fillet of salmon coated in Old Bay seasoning (or "Bay of Beluga" as P calls it) and cooked to just the right consistency.

4. Pasta covered in Ragu roasted garlic and parmesan sauce.

5. External speakers for the laptop enabling me to blast my music as though I had a stereo.

6. A good piece of smut written by a best friend.

7. Walking Reba in a sprinkling rain.