(1) Pull-ups (still). (2) Chick peas. (3) Raw purple kale, massaged (as it were). (4) Making amends after a mistake. Even (or especially) if it doesn’t eliminate the consequences. (5) Warm sunshine. (6) Quinoa. (7) Working in the yard. (8) Working on the roof. (9) Clearing brush. (10) The Frost line, “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall…” on repeat. (11) My son, healing. (12) Learning how to dig a particular kind of ditch. (13) Kiwis. (14) Raking. (15) Applying myself. (16) Somebody said I look younger than I am. (17) Feeling younger than I am. (18) Pizza. Even bad pizza. (19) Work gloves. (20) Surfer Rosa. (21) Premiere Pro. (22) Summer’s coming. (23) Putting winter clothes away. (24) The lyrics of Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy,” which I didn’t know until seeing the closed captioning of Sing 2. (25) J–, the puzzler. (26) Line. (27) Shape. (28) Color. (29) Texture. (30) Value.
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