Happiness 1-3
figuring ways to get on and off; watching the sandpipers; jangling bracelets.
figuring ways to get on and off; watching the sandpipers; jangling bracelets.
thinking about swimming across; a belly laugh; the fragrance of snowdrops.
communicating well; the dancer stepping out from behind the palm trees; joy after sorrow.
where the key is hidden; following a trail of crumbs through the woods; riding backward on a donkey.
out on the pier; Venus making a trail across the sky; the fox crossing the stream.
frothing waves; the sound of tapping; accepting it.
serenity; dancing barefoot in the middle of the woods; the greatest smile.
getting the chimney ready; finding the lost emerald brooch; the sky coming to meet you.
reminders in the sand; Brunelleschi’s Duomo in Florence; being gently persuaded.
what the wild parrots saw; the Midas touch; hot tea on a rainy afternoon.
chatting with a ghost; aloe in bloom; your roots growing deeper under the ground.
walking through the fairgrounds at dawn; desert silence; the door being flung open.
the sand cool under your feet; coming to the rescue; the ancient yew tree.
finding the needle; the windows frosted over; tears drying on the pillow.
waiting in the shade; being an oyster manifesting a pearl; gingerbread.
the evening after; a songbird in December; levitating.
meeting on the bridge; climbing to the top of the mast in a storm; flannel sheets dried in the sun.
coming in for landing; dark blue velvet; the great power of gentleness.
a siesta in the afternoon; riding through Sherwood Forest; grinding wheat with a handgrinder.
holding it together; slow-dancing on the ship’s deck; swathed in tulle.
almost time to begin; seated on a throne by the ocean; being a shepherd.
remembering that weekend; a sliver of light under the door; singing bowls.