Journal to a Muse

1000 Gratitudes (a work in progress)

1. Feeling better than yesterday
2. Our cat, Puppy's willingness to snuggle.
3. Mockingbirds you hear unexpectedly
4. Raspberries
5. The awesomeness my children have developed
6. My DH's humor, patience, intelligence and kindness, and romantic instincts
7. Bulb that bloom more than one year
8. Truthful people
9. Spencer novels by Robert B. Parker
10. E-mail
11. Peppermint mocha when it is cold outside
    
12. Mike's hard cranberry lemonade when it is hot outside
    
13. Comforters (human ones AND down ones)
14. Knitting
15. Beethoven's Ode to Joy
16. Piano Sonatas
17. NPR
18. Art (Arthur) and
    
19. Alberta Stoefen who had faith in me when nobody else seemed to
20. Artists
21. Julia Cameron and her books
22. May Sarton,
    
23. Mary Oliver.
24. X.J. Kennedy,
25. and other poets who have said what I didn't know how to say
26. peacemakers
27. Anglican chant
28. Bobby McFerrin's 23rd psalm
29. pears
30. Stilton and
31. cheddar cheese
32. Llamas
33. Tigers
34. Stuffed toy animals, especially Steiff and Gund
35. mohair yarn
36. fleece
    
37. spiced orange tea
38. windchimes
39. hummingbirds
40. penguins (all species)
41. tap dancing
42. trombone choirs
43. syncopation
44. The Nutcracker Suite
45. My wacom tablet and
46. Photoshop
    
47. Fall color in the trees
48. Graphic design that makes books and magazines more attractive than they need to be.
49. Scientists who discover the real way things work
50. Engineers (and some scientists) who solve real problems realistically
51. Sociologists and psychologists who add intuition and the human element
52. Storytellers who make up things until the scientists figure them out
53. Curators and museums who appreciate what has gone before
54. The exhibits of jellyfish at the Boston and Albuquerque (!) aquariums
55. New recipes
56. New EASY recipes
57. Mobility
58. Finding better ways to stretch (yoga, too) to regain mobility.
59. Harpists at the holidays
60. The marketing genius at the BBB jewelry store in the mall that hired a harpist this afternoon
61. Animation
62. Learning from past mistakes
63. Jokes and laughter
64. Kittens
65. Dogs
66. No-kill animal shelters and the people who work there, and the volunteers
67. Grocery stores and our food distribution system (most of the time)
68. Peppermint mochas
69. Breakfast food at dinner
70. Muffins
71. Printing press(es)
72. Writing, alphabets and letters
73. My oncologist
74. DH
75. Fine Art
76. Crafts
77. DD
78. DS
79. travel adventures
80. laughter
81. the color spectrum
82. sparkle
83. gym equipment
84. thanksgiving
85. stuffing
86. turkey
87. cranberries
88. chocolate (again)
89. roses
90. Asian lilies
91. jewelry
92. gemstones
93. blown glass
94. glassblowers
95. taste buds
96. pharmaceuticals
97. make-up
98. Christmas music
99. surprises
100. banks
101. fiction writers
102. imagination
103. soil
104. computers
105. Word (the MS program)
106. Digital cameras
107. Photoshop (the Adobe program)
108. clients
109. challenges
110. success
111. teeth
112. smiles
113. The Rule of Law
114. raspberries
115. cream cheese
116. cheddar cheese
117. butter
118. cows
119. knitting
120. yarn
121. sheep
122. Llamas
123. p;oodles
124. wirehaired terriers
125. flutes
126. drums drum kits
127. T-shirts
128. friendly gestures
129. friends
130. Keri
131. Tamara
132. Lynne
133. Bob
134. Barb
     
135. presents
136. ribbon
137. confetti
138. mattresses
139. sheets
140. feathers hummingbirds
141. red tailed hawks
142. falcons
143. condors
144. technical pens
145. markers
146. pastels
147. Crane's stationers