This list inspired by the lovely Pip Lincoln from meetmeatmikes.com
Getting: a holiday list underway
Cooking: mashed potatoes and cornbread and sautéed cauliflower
Sipping: Christmas Tea from The Secret Garden
Reading: All Adults Here by Emma Straub
Thinking: family time is such a wonderful thing
Remembering: my extended family in Ohio that I miss and those that have passed on, remembering them with great love
Looking: at the leaves, always and still
Listening: Elton, Johnny Cash, Jerry Rafferty
Wishing: for peace and safety
Enjoying: British shows on BritBox
Appreciating: how we change as life goes on
Wanting: patience
Eating: pumpkin things
Finishing: the last box of Raspberry Coffee
Liking: rainy, grey days
Loving: sunny, bright autumn mornings
Buying: Christmas trinkets
Watching: the crows in the afternoon
Hoping: the world can find a place of peace
Wearing: green amber earrings from Italy
Walking: every day is always the goal
Following: the local parks and conservatories and museums on instagram
Noticing: a kindness here and a kindness there
Saving: screen shots of beautiful images from instagram for inspiration
Bookmarking: clever interviews with authors I like
Feeling: grateful
Hearing: so many voices of pain and sorrow, knowing we are all one, wishing we were all one


A beautiful contemplation.
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Thank you Roger 🙂
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I love this, Sylvia. I’ve nothing to add except, thank you for sharing 🙂
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Thank you for always reading Dale! 🙂
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I love what you share!
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Eyes and heart wide open! 👏🏼 💜
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yes 💕
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Are those cranberries? Or, could they be coffee beans?
On listening, I notice no Glen Campbell, no Wichita Lineman. Of course, you can’t have Lineman without Phoenix. Just in case you need a fix:
By The Time I Get To Phoenix: https://wp.me/p2G8qh-5WK
Wichita Lineman: https://wp.me/p2G8qh-5Xf
The British comedy that never gets old, Are You Being Served? We used get a lot of the Brit comedies on the local PBS at late night. Instead, we’ve been watching a lot of the original Mission: Impossible on streaming TV. We’ve noticed the bad guys never caught on to Jim Phelps and team.
Have a good Thanksgiving!!!
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The berries are from a flower arrangement I bought at a flower store. I believe they are hypericum berries.
And oh yes, I listen to Glen Campbell all the time. The day I wrote this list (from Pip’s original list on her blog) I had the Blue Moves album by Elton John playing and earlier, Cash songs and one of my all time favorite songs, Baker Street. But Glen is always in the background somewhere! I do hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving!
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So many things going on in November. Wonderful post, Sylvia.
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Thank you Timothy! Yes, November and December are always so busy. Sometimes a struggle to keep it all happy…..but it’s worth the try.
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Wonderful list of life Sylvia 🤗
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Thank you Brian!💕
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Beautiful!
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Thank you very much!
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Beautiful!!✨️✨️
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Thank you!
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Sylvia, this was beautiful. I envy you such lovely thoughts.
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Thank you Amorina. I have many other thoughts, dark, angry, sad, desperate thoughts that rarely appear here on this blog. I keep this a space to document small, seemingly insignificant glimmers of happiness or beauty. That helps to keep my mind more balanced. And there are many times, when this is quite a struggle.
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