55 Things To Make You Smile On A Rainy Day
D.S. Mitchell
I know I’ve mentioned it, but this has been an incredibly cold and rainy spring. At Calamity Politics I usually do the ‘smile’ thing on Sundays. Due to factors beyond my control I got caught up writing another story, which you can read on this blog.
I am confident enough to believe that my little political blog will help shape a few ideas and sway a few opinions. As a political activist I hope my topics are interesting and helpful in developing voter awareness, citizen participation and policy implementation, but today I think we need to take a break from this holocaust erupting in front of our eyes.
So, please join me as I do my Sunday thing, on Tuesday. Here are 55 Things to smile about.
1.) The roll of thunder and the flash of lightening
2.) The sound of crows calling
3.) Mom’s 1940 aluminum cake carrier
4.) Having a flower budget
5.) Toddlers in sandboxes
6.) Homemade tamales
7.) Fresh baked apple pie
8.) Big Sur
9.) Fire trucks
10.) Liquor in decanters
11.) Walking the dunes
12.) Tillamook cheddar cheese
13.) Sails in the wind
14.) Saving my change in a piggy bank
15.) Making church steeples with my hands
16.) Finding a parking space at the front door
17.) Making Cannabis truffles
18.) Eating Cannabis truffles
19.) A garden cottage
20.) Waltzing in the Pittock Mansion ballroom
21.) Scrabble on a rainy Sunday
22.) My Alma Mater, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
23.) Daddy’s cherished gray ‘Bogie’ Fedora
24.) Snowmobile races
25.) 501’s and a leather jacket
26.) The art section at Goodwill
27.) Knowing God is never early, and he’s never late, he’s always on time
28.) World class Ping Pong championships
29.) Making floral bouquets from flowers collected from the yard
30.) High school football games
31.) White cotton shorts
32.) Being nice when someone calls you vulgar names on Twitter
33.) Astoria Sunday Market, on a sunny day
34.) A drive up mailbox
35.) Hand thrown pottery
36.) Hand feeding horses
37.) Daily routines
38.) First day of school
39.) Last day of school
40.) Wainscotting
41.) Cheese fondue with little bread squares
42.) Having read every book on the shelf
43.) Shiny oak floors
44.) First ski week-end of the Fall
45.) A Blue Heron in the marsh
46.) Walking hand in hand with a child
47.) Wrapped peppermints in a glass dish
48.) Making pictures out of clouds
49.) Old photo albums
50.) Peanuts and popcorn at the ball game
51.) Oversize reckless, passionate modern art pieces
52.) Never feeling older than 17
53.) Powell’s Books, Pearl District, Portland, Oregon
54.) Spring wildflowers
55.) White curtains, blowing gently on a summer breeze
Thanks for joining me in a few minutes of nostalgic memories. Memories that always bring a smile to my face, I hope some of them made you smile.
Tomorrow Calamity Politics will be back covering the Washington, D.C. hotplate.
Join the Resistance
Dar
