ditto on the japanese paper - easily comes before significant others! ;)

I think it's funny that husband is #4 :)

What a fabulous list of luciousness! I made my own also - thank you for posting it.

are these in order of how crazy and happy and giddy they make you ;) in that case, I love that "japanese paper" is a few notches above "husband" (smile)

I loved your list. I loved the idea of it. I had to do one too.

I saw your list and thought, what a great idea. So I started to write one, and as I was listing things, I realized I was writing down the very same things I had gathered in two old lists - and just the thought of these things made me happy. Funny how they reminded me of what I already knew but had forgotten. So thank you, because I needed that.

I am digging your list as it reminds me of many comforts of my own.

- lime slush
- a really good line in a book
- long layovers in big airports
- things i want but can't buy
- hips pressed together
- zine fairs
- coming home from a trip to so many e-mails & phone messages
- fuschia knit
- the music they play in bowling alleys
- mini-herb plants
- ice-cream on hot days
- dripping bright watercolors
- strutting with my ipod playing loudly

i find comfort in your list.

And as always, in your handwriting. Scrawly and marvelous!

Your list reminded me of 2 lists I like to make every once in a while - one list is of things I feel like doing or being, no matter how wild and improbable they are (If I feel like being a goat herder in Alaska, I write it down). Then I write a list of things I have, my favourite "assets" so to speak - like skills, friends, certain qualities..

It's interesting to compare those lists afer a while, and I usualy write down things that affected them, like medical examinations, or being tired of my job. It's always a great feeling to find out how much we have, and that we always have aspirations even when we think we don't anymore. It's also interesting to see how the perspective changes with things that happen to us - one day you want to fly to guatemala, one day you just want to be healthy again..

It is such a magnifficent practice to reroute, re-root yourself by packaging your connections into a wonderful list, not a list of to-dos, but a list of what brings you joy. It is an empowering way to remember where you are in a moment in time. With the list you can re-create those joys. what types of smells are most striking to you? What is the most vibrant and particular note that you have ever recieved in the mail? what was the texture, the color, and how did the medium contribute to the message?-thank you for your musings and sharing-sara curtis from ypsilanti mi

I would have not thought of portable things but yes, portable things. Very fun. Dog noses out car windows are good. So much to enjoy, isn't there?