My Favorite Things

A List of Things I Love

1.  My rooster crowing in the pre-dawn hour

2.  The way a kitten's fur smells 

3.  Watching a sleeping child

4.  The way a newborn baby smells

5.  My two-year-old grandson looking at me while throwing his arms around my knees and saying, "I wub you, Nana!"

6.  The smell of Bath & Body Works Spiced Pumpkin lotion

7.  Caramel popcorn still hot and sticky from the oven

8.  The smell of white oak wood smoke

9.  A great book, a quilt, and rain

10.  Hugging and kissing

11.  The wide-eyed innocence and acceptance of a child

12.  Fall in Tennessee

13.  Italy

14.  Welsh cakes, scones, and crumpets

15.  A cup of Earl Grey Tea

16.  Staying home

16.  The Psalms

17.  Diana Gabaldon's novels

18.  Stacks of books around the house everywhere

19.  Crawling between flannel sheets on a cold night

20.  Crawling between cotton sheets on a hot night

21.  Cruising the stacks at the library

22.  VW bugs

23.  Raking leaves to jump in

24.  Being in 'The Zone' when photographing something

25.  Mailing off a writing assignment

26.  Getting a writing critique in the mail

27.  Screen doors that shut with a satisfying smack of wood on wood

28.  Sunrise and sunset

29.  The quietness once everyone is in bed

30.  A nightly bath in my clawfooted tub

31.  Yoga

32.  A massage

33.  Getting a handwritten letter in the mail

34.  Old books with beautiful illustrations

35.  The Lake District in England

36.  The Scottish Highlands

37.  Taking in clothes hanging on the line

38.  A strawberry malt from Dairy Queen

39.  Gingerbread biscotti

40.  My family

41.  Celtic and bluegrass music

42.  A good children's choir

43.  The gospel of John

44.  A girls' road trip

45.  English and Italian gardens

46.  Gothic novels

47.  Old dishes

48.  Sea glass

49.  The sounds of the beach and a waterfall

50.  Mountains