Happiness 11-11
walking on the traintracks; the moment before you spoke; nightingale singing right outside your window.
Tag: daily writing
Happiness 11-9
finding your way home; unopened boxes; the sea turtle taking you to your kingdom under the sea.
Happiness 11-8
gazing up at the sky from a canoe; an encounter with an old friend; fabric threaded with gold.
Happiness 11-6
the house on the back of the mountain; waking up after having slept for 100 years; stroking the head of a giraffe.
Happiness 11-5
red and white striped beach umbrellas; the alpacas grazing outside your bay windows; a tiny house in the heart of the forest.
Happiness 11-4
the lighthouse still standing; opening your eyes and realizing it’s late in the morning; a small favor.
Happiness 11-3
opening a box of crystal flutes; painting the door; resting with a jaguar by a pond in the jungle.
Happiness 11-2
leaves fallen from the catalpa; draped in folds of blue velvet; a strange mound in the heart of the hills.
Happiness 10-30
opening the drawer and finding what you’ve been looking for; a new way of looking at things; gazing at the ridgeline.
Happiness 10-29
a pile of antique rugs laid out in the sunshine to dry; dressed only in peacock feathers; knowing that the question has to be answered.
Happiness 10-28
the message from the ladybug basking on a seed pod; the sea bed roiling with pearls; the uncanny feeling that an admiring stranger is watching you.
Happiness 10-27
sailing off to the Isle of Skye in a storm; entranced by the puppet show in the middle of the park; the sweetness of fresh honey.
Happiness 10-26
The rooms garlanded in vines of bittersweet.
Happiness 10-25
being singled out for a special purpose
Happiness 10-24
tying your horse to the hitching post and stopping for a rest.
Happiness 10-21
guided home through the snow by the Alsatian.
Happiness 10-19
rain pattering on the window while you take your bath.
Happiness 10-17
climbing to the house above the trees.
Happiness 10-13
making a decision the next morning.
Happiness 10-12
tying the sash, slowly, around your waist.
Happiness 10-8
Fear turning to awe as the light nears.
Happiness 10-7
kissing her fingertips; great stone lions on the gateposts; arriving on time.