31. Dancing alone in the kitchen.
32. Breaking into a run.
33. Presents just because.
34. The sound of the train at midnight.
35. Christmas.
36. Hopeless fits of laughter.
37. Midday showers.
38. The bow ties that employees wear at the art museum.
39. A good sturdy hat.
40. The birds that live by the lake.
41. Big dogs with regal names.
42. Interesting noses.
43. Sitting back and listening to conversation unfold.
44. Stars.
45. Tending to plants.
46. Big windows.
47. Nighttime car-rides.
48. Shakespeare.
49. Candlelight in a dark room.
50. Interesting graffiti.
51. Anticipation.
52. Very best friends.
53. The perfect note in a song.
54. Rain racing in sheets across a field.
55. Cloud-shadows on the hills.
56. Thoughtful letters from friends.
57. Mountains in the distance after hours of driving.
58. A perfect story.
59. Neologisms. (Red beans and ricely yours, Louis Armstrong.)
60. The slam-bang of bagpipes and drums.
1. A pleasant stranger’s voice.
2. The Barnes & Noble storefront in the winter.
3. The melody and whirr of mechanisms inside a music box.
4. The smell of a violin and its dust.
5. The near-inaudible sound of the bow touching and shifting on the strings (that only the violinist can hear).
6. Garrison Keillor’s voice.
7. Being the first one awake.
8. The house in the morning.
9. Bare feet on carpet.
10. Walking through falling snow.
11. A room like a hobbit-hole.
12. Lights.
13. Books with messages written in the inside cover.
14. Coat hooks.
15. Good fairy tales.
16. Messages on dollar bills.
17. Receiving packages in the mail.
18. Chess pieces.
19. Kind strangers.
20. When your cat is happy to see you.
21. Sunlight catching on things in the morning.
22. Familiar smells.
23. Hair ribbons.
24. A wall of paintings.
25. The moment before the lights come up in the theatre.
26. A good scarf.
27. Carousels.
28. Driving over lakes (especially when the sky is overcast).
29. Floating a few feet beneath the surface of water.
30. A good cup of tea.
