Enjoying the simplest, and vacation notice
The Passage des perles will be shuttered from today through the month of August, when I'll retreat, read and travel. I'll return Sept. 7, and look forward to catching up with you.
I read that you'll be happier as you age in proportion to your ability to enjoy the simplest things.
The delight provided by small pleasures returns each time I enjoy:
Toast
A yard full of lilac bushes
Thunderstorms
The smell of cedar
Twilight
Our
cat, sleeping with his paw over his eyes
Mangoes
Then there is this look on babies, the six-to-ten-month olds, experiencing their first brilliant summer.
They gaze up from their prams, blinking, free of shoes, tiny hands curling and stretching in the sun, as if to say, "You mean there's this?"
Neil Pashrika's book "The Book of Awesome" and his web site, 1000awesomethings.com collects such simple pleasure experiences: the smell of books, popping bubble wrap, seeing somebody laugh in their sleep, bakery air, when characters in a movie visit a place you know.
I don't agree with all of them (Broccoflower? Cheesy theme songs from '80s sitcoms?) But whatever butters your biscuit, baby.
What are some of yours?
I will read them avidly; then I'm off! Sincere thanks to all for reading and commenting, and enjoy the summer, season of breezes, blossoms and lemonade.
I read that you'll be happier as you age in proportion to your ability to enjoy the simplest things.
The delight provided by small pleasures returns each time I enjoy:
Toast
A yard full of lilac bushes
Thunderstorms
The smell of cedar
Twilight
Our
cat, sleeping with his paw over his eyesMangoes
Then there is this look on babies, the six-to-ten-month olds, experiencing their first brilliant summer.They gaze up from their prams, blinking, free of shoes, tiny hands curling and stretching in the sun, as if to say, "You mean there's this?"
Neil Pashrika's book "The Book of Awesome" and his web site, 1000awesomethings.com collects such simple pleasure experiences: the smell of books, popping bubble wrap, seeing somebody laugh in their sleep, bakery air, when characters in a movie visit a place you know.I don't agree with all of them (Broccoflower? Cheesy theme songs from '80s sitcoms?) But whatever butters your biscuit, baby.
What are some of yours?
I will read them avidly; then I'm off! Sincere thanks to all for reading and commenting, and enjoy the summer, season of breezes, blossoms and lemonade.
Comments
One of my favorite simple pleasures is watching my dogs play and chase each other.
Thunderstorms.
The smell of freshly roasted or ground coffee.
Tulips.
Fog.
Turning off the highway into my neighborhood and coasting down the street, up the rise, and down again to my house.
Have a wonderful vacation.
Have a wonderful holiday.
Do new shoes count? Bought on sale?
Eric, age 3, driving home from day care, asks who's at our house. When I tell him Grandma and Grandpa, he says, with expansive joyousness, "Oh My Goodness!"
Can we include a glass of crisp white wine and a bit of goat cheese on a summer salad?
Have a wonderful holiday, and we'll be interested in your discoveries, near or far.
My simple pleasures include warm towels fresh from the dryer; petrichor (the smell of damp earth after the rain); finding seashells on the beach.
I love that 'warm kitty smell' when our cat licks herself in the sun...
In addition to watching a cat sleeping, I'd add watching a cat have a wash-up. Such a wonderful picture of well being, as well as occasionally quite comical.
- The first cup of tea of the morning
- Having all the children asleep
- Walking across grass barefoot
- Wearing a big cozy jumper
Have a great holiday Duchesse!