How not to take myself so seriously, the proper way to iron, where my money goes each month
Impenetrable obstacles, laziness, immobility of thought
The truth about anger, politics, and stretching
What’s good on T.V. right now, which film to rent, how to bargain for that book, the name of the magazine I wrote down this morning
Two of my grandparents, four coworkers, my newspaper guy’s first name
The gauge which informs me, which shade of navy to choose, what flavor the candles are
When enough is enough, how to be sated, why dark beer fills me up every time
Why I’m neat in spurts, why in winter I’m always cold and never thirsty
Needlepoint, where the button was lost, how to mend a hole in my heart
If facials work, if squinting begets wrinkles, how bad washing hair every day is
The taste of persimmons, the smell of the Pacific Rim, the leather seats of a private plane
Where the jelly jars go, how to make dilly beans, the best way to cultivate the tomatoes
To warm up the car even in summertime, the schedule for clipping the dog’s nails, to stop pressing “snooze”
Where I put my CPR card, what the third rule of CPR is
How to tell well-preserved vintage, when the melons are ripe, if the salad greens have been washed
Why I bought that black and white skirt and never wore it, why I need a new one
To ask for a raise, the justification for paying dues, glass ceilings
Where I’m going, how I got here, the way home
A tried and true way to stave off a cold, when to starve a fever
French-braiding, dough-kneading, straight-sitting
Which way is up, why the firefly glows, how deep the pool is in the dark
To make it impersonal, to keep the enthusiasm down, that I can’t
What’s so great about baseball unless you’re in the stands, why fall seems so sad, why spring is so short
How much sleep I really need, how much space is left on this disc, our square footage
The speed limit, the time limit, why the daily has to grind
Off to white-capped mountains in the west, back on Monday with stories...
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8 comments:
I LOVE that you wrote "flavor" of candles.
My sister is always on my case about this...
"It's a scent, L. You don't eat it."
Of course, I suppose a vanilla candle could be a flavor, whereas I'm usually talking about the flavor of my deodorant.
Hope you have a great weekend!
This should help to solve one of them:
http://www.ehow.com/how_17115_french-braid-hair.html
You think fall is sad? We are opposites on that one:)
Brillant.
You know...sometimes its better not to know the answers to some things, because sometimes, it's much more funner being creative and coming up with your own answers to how the world works. Like why the fireflys glow...maybe they glow as a remembrance to show us that the shining stars we wish upon, really arent so far away.
I like it. As usual.
Love this list.
I can teach you to french braid and the reason daily hair washing is not good is b/c it dries out the hair and causes the sebaceous glands to be overstimulated!
I enjoyed this post. Ask myself many of the same questions!
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