Happiness 1-11
stained glass windows; watching the regatta from the hotel window; a seed looking up at the snow-covered earth.
Tag: Writing through the Year
Happiness 1-10
serenity; pages in the illuminated manuscript mysteriously turning; time travel.
Happiness 1-9
finding your way; quietly paddling the canoe so no one can hear; plumeria blossoms.
Happiness 1-8
a magic island; drifting through the valley on a shadowy veil; a long talk with the cricket on the hearth.
Happiness 1-7
spinning straw into gold; shadows in the valley; living with the gorillas.
Happiness 1-6
rosemary blooming in winter; terraced gardens stepping down toward the lake; remembering last summer.
Happiness 1-5
the roar of the train passing; peering behind heavy velvet drapes; a strange sleep.
Happiness 1-4
hiding the letter in your sleeve;
calm seas ahead;
the leopard dozing on the branch of a tree.
Happiness 1-3
figuring ways to get on and off; watching the sandpipers; jangling bracelets.
Happiness 1-2
thinking about swimming across; a belly laugh; the fragrance of snowdrops.
Happiness 1-1
communicating well; the dancer stepping out from behind the palm trees; joy after sorrow.
Happiness 12-31
where the key is hidden; following a trail of crumbs through the woods; riding backward on a donkey.
Happiness 12-30
heading off on an adventure; bewitched; snow in summer.
Happiness 12-29
out on the pier; Venus making a trail across the sky; the fox crossing the stream.
Happiness 12-28
just in between; gazing into the crystal ball; seeing a face in the trunk of a tree.
Happiness 12-27
frothing waves; the sound of tapping; accepting it.
Happiness 12-26
coming to the edge; encountering a band of gypsies; a stillness inside.
Happiness 12-25
serenity; dancing barefoot in the middle of the woods; the greatest smile.
Happiness 12-24
getting the chimney ready; finding the lost emerald brooch; the sky coming to meet you.
Happiness 12-23
the light coming back; uncovering the secret; finding the highest nest.
Happiness 12-22
reminders in the sand; Brunelleschi’s Duomo in Florence; being gently persuaded.
Happiness 12-20
four friends; understanding the nature of energy; the hour before dawn.