- a waterfall with submerged colored lights
- corn fritters and applesauce
- when it is your turn to praise someone
- the precious present
- go-betweens
- life's most pleasurable moments
- climbing trees to collect fruit
- the sudden commotion of your wind chimes rising above the street noise
- appetizer wine
- slow flapping pelicans
- something that restores or enlivens your spirits
- reliable subcontractors
- hand-cranked lavender ice cream
- people not smoking
- honing your decision-making skills
- world art styles
- your prized flashlight
- plain, white envelopes
- collecting seaweed
- last-minute touches
- a maid service
- the Spring Equinox
- building a campfire on the grill
- bare trees resembling sticks of cinnamon
- a few loaves and fishes
- the smaller seaside villages of Mount Desert Island
- convection heating
- the Canadian Rockies
- tiny white lights sparkling in the darkness
- being tattooless
- varietal honeys
- snow scenes
- a burbling brook
- opening your heart wide
- the cat's graceful jump up
- September: hours of gold
- people who put their shopping carts back
- hot peppers getting their pungency from the compound capsaicin
- learning a new job skill
- whistling with two fingers in your mouth
- enjoying being your age
- healing thoughts
- apple and cheese toast
- turning off the TV
- amiableness
- regarding time as precious
- fulfilling the dreams of a child who isn't yours
- potato-apple fry
- understanding square root
- blowing the world's largest gum bubble
- a meaningful kiss
- getting over a fear of subjects about which little is written
- picnics in the city
- thriving on attention and letting people touch you
- golfing day
- dyes that turn eggs into magical spheres
- the tardiness of bands in nightclubs
- a running start
- designing a greenhouse
- wild black cherry trees
- lemmas
- quiet snowshoeing
- the sudden powerful urge to rearrange furnishings and furniture
- when the elevator is waiting for you
- soccer socks
- "Send in the Clowns" by Judy Collins
- palatial riverboats
- a confidence secured
- peppermint oil
- riotous coffee breaks