When the dog bites, when the bee stings,
when I’m feeling sad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
and then I don’t feel so bad.
Just one of those days. Thankfully, I’ve got patterned paper napkins to chase the blues away.
Joking. I am not that surreal yet. So, what are your favourite things, the ones you take out when the dog bites, when the bee stings?
October 4th, 2007 at 1:11 am
Hot apple cider, fall sunsets, a hot bath and clean sheets after a long plane ride.
October 4th, 2007 at 3:10 am
my laptop
October 4th, 2007 at 9:31 am
A breath of fresh Hawaiian air. And I wish I could send you some.
October 4th, 2007 at 10:30 am
Steph
i’ve never had hot aple cider!
zona
that’s my comfort blanket too
Hattie
I wish you could too.
October 4th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
Chocolate…sweet, dark, yummy chocolate…Made better, only with a glass of a perfect red wine…
OR
Sunsets, anywhere… Fall mornings by the lake when the mist hovers over the water as the sun strives to come through. Spring mornings in my backyard when the bird and flowers compete for my attention. Taking pictures…
Kisses from my nephews…
October 4th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Chocolate, White Chocolate, Shortbread Cookies, Earl Grey Tea, the smell of paper in a large Moleskine Notebook, the feel of a refillable fountain pen, pictures I store online, and strangers I meet who become friends.
October 4th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
Writing…it could be in a blog, in a journal, even on an academic paper. The internet is cool too. And super-dark chocolate can never, ever be underrated, nor can a cup of well-sweetened ginger tea.
October 4th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
being woken up coz someone can’t wait to look into my eyes and speak to me. other than that, a perfect cup of cappuccino, with the sun coming up behind the mountains and a fresh breeze coming in from the sea. looking at pictures of people I love. reading a book with music playing in the background. the little perfect moments in life. not much, is it? hehe
xx
October 4th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
Cuties
My Mum bought a set of beautiful coloured sheets of paper on Ikea that make everything bright again!
To me it would be: animals, I couldn’t resist that lovely nose, music and creams, body creams, face creams, etc…Oh and notebooks! And books! And great bloggers
October 5th, 2007 at 4:02 am
beads… of course!
October 5th, 2007 at 4:13 am
Certainly not Mary Poppins
Joking aside; I look out of my windows or stand on my balcony and think how lucky I am to live on the water. Especially if it’s sunny and calm.
A trip to my Greek grocer in London usually does the trick too.
October 5th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
My family, faith and friends
and books, music and Thanksgiving dinner coming up. A country at peace…..and peace and love in my world
and you!
You are truly blessed.
Love Jeanne
October 6th, 2007 at 8:15 am
Strong, good, oily, coffee. Hot showers. Red California wine.
Puttering around bookstores. Talking to strange cats in the street. Heavy goddamn Metal.
October 6th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
rocking Katie or Lindsey, chocolate, a good book, bloggers
October 7th, 2007 at 6:10 am
tazo tea, the beach, riding alone in my car with my mp3 and sunroof open, going nowhere, monday mornings, and did i say the beach? LOL.
October 7th, 2007 at 11:03 am
my macbook, my new samsonite laptop bag, the muffins I bake and your blogspot
October 7th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Usually I find running helps a lot, but when you’re so sad you can’t bring yourself to put one foot in front of the other in quick procession then it’s a cup of hot chocolate while curled up in a freshly made bed watching some sort of escapist film on DVD. I did that last night and it helped a bit.
October 8th, 2007 at 12:02 am
Favourite thing? Favourite person, it is, and it’s Ruuuufuuus… Now, after he gave me a hug, how could I ever be sad or bored again??!?!!!
October 11th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Hugging my best friend … my hubby … or my daughter; snuggling with my cat … she seems to know when I am sad; chocolate and a good book.
October 12th, 2007 at 12:02 am
I always turn to old rock ‘n roll, pictures of my nieces when they were children, chocolate.
Who am I trying to kid? I indulge in those things all the time.
Prozac is my friend.
October 19th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
When I first came on your site today another post appeared with a picture of a castle and a word from you saying you were decorating around your new house? What’s the deal there? Have you been made queen?
October 21st, 2007 at 3:28 am
Hello my friend. How are you? It’s been a while. Just catching up on things since our return from Italy and of course now that I feel somewhat coherent and without that still floating on a boat feeling I came to see what you’re up to over here and to my surprise! I see this post. It’s a great post but the crazier thing is that just the other day as we drove to the airport in Germany for our return trip home (we had an overnight layover) I was singing this song happily to myself. Funny, huh? It is to me. I truly think we are connected in ways people will never really understand.
So…here are some of mine.
My grandmother’s voice and her laughter when she gets to laughing so hard she can hardly talk.
The way my husband will casual grab my hand to hold.
Coffee
The fact that my dog doesn’t bark but roor roor roors instead at me.
Clean sheets (I sorta stole that one but oh I love them)
New things, places and people.
I picked out a post card for you while on holiday so I’ll do my best to get in the mail next week.
xoxo
k.