do you think you can just put in a safe behind a painting, lock it up and leave?

In an attempt to remember the beautiful joys in life, here is my happy list from 9/27/2012

1. Friends: good ones, distant ones, genuine ones
2. Coffee: excessive amounts sometimes
3. New music: particularly Doc Dailey and Magnolia Devil as of late
4. The ability of music to be exactly what  I need to fill the ache (lyrics too)
5. When it feels like my students might be learning
6. Black skinny jeans
7. Photo editing
8. bell hooks
9. Feminist writing
10. Reassessing my life
11. Feeling like despite being sad, I know I will be okay
12. Finding my "leather" jacket after thinking it was lost forever (!)
13. When an interview goes really well: the interview when he said something along the lines of we are spirits who inhabit bodies not bodies with spirits on this earth
14. Forgiveness: the process
15. My Mom & Dad and family and how truly supportive & there for me they are
16. Focusing on myself--appreciating my self
17. Planning
18. Reading books excessively
19. Feeling content with how things have worked out so far
20. My fall project of refinishing my grandma's table
21. Sweet potatoes
22. The smirk I reserve for something that is annoying and/or amusing

sweeter dreams.
k