100 Things To Make You Smile
D. S. Mitchell
Sunday afternoon on the fabulous Oregon coast. The sun is shining, and Lilly the dog, is sprawled out on the back patio while I restlessly flip through the morning cable news shows. I am a regular Sunday viewer of Meet The Press, Fareed Zakaria’s GPS and AM Joy. I wanted a nice peaceful weekend, a morning with coffee cup and the N.Y. Times, a game of golf in the afternoon, a movie with a friend to finish the day.
But, hell no. Not with Trump in office. He is like a spoiled child demanding every moment of his mother’s attention. I do not intend to go off on a rant. I promise. In fact I want to get your mind, and my mine, off the American Tragedy playing out in front of our eyes. So, my favorite distraction of the week, my Sunday version of a day-off, is imaging simple things in life that will bring a quiet smile to the corners of your mouth.
1.) A Hummingbird at the garden feeder 2.)A day with no chores to do 3.) Left over spaghetti or cold pizza for breakfast 4.) A chocolate “fix” 5.) The Nite Owl, Helena, MT 6.) A bedroom with a window seat 7.) A scarecrow dressed in Daddy’s old coveralls and straw hat 8.) short lines 9.) Drive-in theaters 10.) Face painting 11.) Film Noir 12.) Watching young swallows learn the art of flight 13.) Painting the front door a vivid color 14.) Working a potter’s wheel 15.) Spontaneous hugs 16.) Forgetting the punch line of a joke 17.) Libraries 18.) Using the dog to do left over clean up 19.) Fireworks 20.) Running boards on tall trucks 21.) The soft sound of a paddle cutting the water 22.) The patter of children’s feet 23.) Crater Lake, Oregon 24.) Clean as you go 25.) Gingerbread loaded with melted butter 26.) Forming a Foundation to help fund a cause 27.) Talking with intelligence instead of just blowing smoke 28.) River barges 29.) crisp apples 30.) Doing a good job 31.) Rich, delicate French pastry 32.) Floating lilies 33.) Listening to the sounds of the night 34.) A secret crush 35.) Spontaneous kisses 36.) Writing 37.) Homemade lemonade 39.) The aroma of Honeysuckle and Daphne 40.) Cloth napkins with napkin rings 41.) The American flag 42.) Lettuce fresh from the garden 43.) A new mattress 44.) Fessing up to an eff ‘up 45.) Honey Baked Ham 46.) A great painting found at a Thrift Store. 47.) Refreshing an old dresser with a coat of paint 48.) First ski run of the day 49.) Old English Sheepdogs 50.) Koala bears 51.) Rearranging the furniture for a party 52.) A banana split for two 53.) Travel magazines 54.) Swim meets 55.) Swans on Black Lake, Ilwaco, WA 56.) Wind across a field of wheat 57.) Twinkies 58.) My Time 59.) Echoes 60.) The Olympics 61.) Mt. Vernon 62.) Cheetahs in the wild 63.) Warm dry socks 64.) Mutts 65.) Sundance catalogues 66.) Buy one and get one free 67.) Making lists 68.) Pinto ponies 69.) Sneakers without socks 70.) Unicorns and rainbows 71.) Picnic tables 72.) Owning and island 73.) Walking the railroad tracks 74.) Habitat For Humanity 75.) A team of horses 76.) Weeping Willow trees 77.) 3-D movies 78.) Political comics 79.) Lawn parties 80.) Laughing babies 81.) Getting a makeover 82.) Up with the dawn 83.) Weathered shutters on shingled beach cottages 84.) Hopscotch 85.) Night snowmobiling 86.) Hit that high note 87.) Frisbee with the dog 88.) Blanket tents in the backyard 89.) Club sandwiches 90.) Being on time 91.) Woodstock 92.) Snoopy 93.) Earth Day 94.) Catching a man’s eye 95.) Dream catchers 96.) Dog carriages 97.) Revolving doors 98.) Retirement 99.) Winning a race 100.) Puget Island, WA.
Keep smiling.
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