82 Reasons To Smile
D. S. Mitchell
Another perfectly silver day at the Oregon coast. There must be a million tourists in my little North Oregon hamlet, which makes getting on our main roadway, Hwy #101 a near impossibility. Friends are here from Portland for the week. It was 103 the other day and running high nineties for the last couple weeks in the city of bridges. Oregonians aren’t used to such high temperatures and they all run to the beach, especially if they have friends that live surf side. Summers are fun and I enjoy the company.
On Sunday Calamity Politics abandons it usual political posts and focuses on things that make me smile. Today I decided that I needed at least 82 Reasons to Smile. So, here we go:
1.) Philly Sandwiches 2.) Hugs 3.) The comfort of old friends 4.) A forest hike 5.) Thick wood planks that squeak with age 6.) Brand new business cards 7.) A full piggy bank 8.) Watermelon hearts 9.) Neutron stars 10.) Uncle Norman’s boathouse 11.) High school basketball games 12.) 1980’s rock 13.) A whitewashed fireplace 14.) Two in the shower 15.) Antique scrimshaw 16). Street musicians 17.) Looking through old picture albums 18.) YouTube 19.) The song of a Western Meadowlark 20.) Using the Internet to correct my spelling 21.) Miniature golf 22.) A perfectly executed omelet 23.) Historic Places 24.) Painted rocks left for tourists to find 25.) Food trucks 26.) Farmer’s Markets 27.) A Yo-yo 28.) Hand knitted slippers 29.) A sky full of multi-colored hot air balloons 30.) Making homemade sausage 31.) Antique airplanes 32.) Going fishing with Daddy 33.) Pitching a tent in the back yard 34.) Long afternoon shadows 35.) Patsy Cline 36.) The calls of migrating geese 37.) 20 questions on long car rides 38.) kids art on refrigerator doors 39.) Saturday Market, Portland, Oregon 40.) Full moon 41.) Coffee mug with my name on it 42.) Using the dog to clean up left overs 43.) A surprise party 44.) Harry O. the old television series with David Jansen 45.) Old trunks in dusty attics 46.) Thunder and lightening 47.) Poetry readings 48.) Root beer floats 49.) Starting a collection 50.) Embroidery on old jeans 51.) Turning off the phone 52.) Karaoke night 53.) Bottles of champagne chilling in buckets of ice 54.) Tooth fairies and Easter bunnies 55.) A good horoscope or fortune cookie 56.) A barge tour down the Seine River 57.) French doors to massive bedrooms 58.) Brass fire poles 59.) Playing strip poker 60.) Flowers floating on a pond 61.) Ferris wheels 62.) Re-upholstering dining room chair seats 63.) Old movie posters 64.) Sundance catalogues 65.) White daisies 66.) Caller ID 67.) Letters to the Editor 68.) A flattering driver’s license picture 69.) Being in a party mood 70.) Oversize sweaters and skin-tight jeans 71.) Panning for gold 72.) Lady bugs 73.) Disney movies 74.) Beer gardens 75.) Summer whites 76.) Kentucky Rain by Elvis Presley 77.) Being alone to dream and scheme 78.) Track meets 79.) Crashing waves 80.) Sea breezes 81.) Electric pencil sharpeners 82.) Riding my bike on the Prom
That’s it folks. Stop smiling and go to bed.
Join the Resistance
Dar
