14,000 Things to be Happy About. by Barbara Ann Kipfer

Author:Barbara Ann Kipfer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Workman Publishing

the magic of eyeliner

the celebration of being alive

UConn basketball

“In My Life” by the Beatles

Jiminy Cricket

gracious hosts

pages filled with souvenirs and observations

the night-day switch on a rearview mirror

a room decorated in velvet brown, chrome yellow, caramel tan colors

the way out of a trap being to study the trap itself: learn how it is built, take it apart piece by piece

the great elemental sounds of nature: driving rain, wind in a primeval wood, and ocean striking the beach

long, low waves

the discovery of a secret view that is invisible when the foliage is full

the thrill of parades

slowly savoring a soup you made

an emergency bag in the car trunk

a rustic bench in a sequestered spot

wild Maine blueberries heaped onto a crust and topped with ice cream

the gnomon of a sundial

a miscellaneous category

diet cheaters

thinking of the day, of your home, of your family, of things past, of things to come

easy-to-eat finger food

Ken and Barbie’s many incarnations

a private walk on a snowy landscape

the slap of a closing book

bells pealing out the good news

oddities like prune or bacon ice cream

sweet faces and hands to wash up before supper and kiss before bedtime

Dull Center, Wyoming

what you’d like on your gravestone

being the eyewitness of all you see

the celestial sphere’s 88 constellations

carrying a piece of apple pie along with a glass of cold milk out to a freshly painted deck

herons perched on pilings

crooked cobbled streets

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” (Joseph Campbell)

light coming into the soul

scrappy archaeologists

shoelaces that are the perfect length

chenille caterpillars doing push-ups through the lawn

an ice-fishing shack

defending your beliefs

nouns

beaver lodges

hill climbing

a quilt on a brass bed

experiencing much love

delicious summer Sunday breakfast sandwiches

the patina of old things

the sweet air of spring inspiring a different sort of hunger

Mc = Irish, Mac = Scottish

endorsing a candidate

having your talents used but not abused

solving a great mystery

stenciled kitchen cabinets

Shakespeare’s seven ages of man: infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, justice, pantaloon, second childhood

registering for wedding gifts

catnapping with a cat

the chipmunk lining his winter bedroom and stocking his granary

singing in the rain

when, in the middle of a quiet, milder than usual night, the melted snow on the roof slides off with a thundering crash

a pot of apples, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and brown sugar on the way to becoming applesauce

half birthdays

everything spelled correctly in the book you’re reading

an ancient city of Mesopotamia

straight razors

Tabasco sauce

taking your last final of the semester

putting trouble into a boat of leaves and sailing it out to sea

decorating magazines

Campbell’s green pea soup

pine needles soft as kitten fur

waving out the car’s back window

crescent rolls

thick crayons

TV football on mute

French dip au jus sandwiches

supper clubs

sugar cubes

Coney Island hot dogs

barbershop harmonizing

when the color and black ink cartridges need to be changed at the same time

scrambled eggs with herbs

creatures with bioluminescence: anglerfish, coral shrimp, firefly, glowworm, lantern fish, protozoa, sea anemone, squid

renting a winter house

looking in all the right places

the Tonight Show song

colorful exotic birds

fixing a blown fuse

listening to old rafters, creaky doors, and loose floorboards

reed organs

a New Yorker cartoon on the fridge door

adjusting the car and yourself for good night vision

a well-worth-it

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