John Kelly, writing in the February 1 Washington Post (”This List Is Alive with the Sounds (and Sights) of Simple Pleasures”), pointed out a few of his favorite things guaranteed to life his heart or bring a smile to his face.
As examples, he included seeing a fox walk across a bridge; a dog that jerks its hind leg in its sleep — even ”walking into a public restroom and discovering that is is equipped with actual paper towels, not a dryer that weakly blows lukewarm air on your hands.” Simple things, indeed.
When I think about the simple things that give me pleasure, these come to mind:
.Finding in the flea market an old CD of music by Bach.
.Being greeted by my dog when I come home, she making me feel like a bright light has returned to her life and all is now right in her world.
.My wife lovingly rubbing my neck when it is so stiff that I can hardly turn it.
.Sitting down at the kitchen at night after dinner with a new book in my hands.
.My daughter telling me she loves me.
Now, what about you? What the the simple pleasures in your own life, the ones that make life so rich and yet rarely cost us any money?
Please share with us.
Due to my masters class, I just found your site and I love it. I always have a hard time thinking of different writing prompts to you and I love the different things you come up with. You have a very fun and interesting site and I am excited to keep up with all of your blogs.
Thank you, Lynn. I really appreciate your comments. Please share the site with your friends and colleagues, and I always welcome your suggestions for new prompts.
Best wishes,
Bill
Hello Mr Zimmerman*,
I am a father of two boys (6 and 9) in Germany and just stumbled upon your Sites (MakeBeliefsComix.com – which I by incident found in the webbrain of Jerry Michalski) and following a link to this site here)…
And like Lynn I also like your topics and thoughts very much!
What I miss is reaction and comments!?! You come up with very interessting points and questions and thoughts. (And I plan to order some of your books when I find a cheap way to get them to germany).
So I was very much surprised when I saw the few comments to your posts? Why is that? it makes me sad… I dont know about your thoughts regarding this but I just cant belief this… and would like to see this change! A LOT more people should take part in the conversation here!
Therefor my questions and suggestions:
Where can visitors subscribe to the blog (RSS or newsletter?)? Do you have a facebook account and profil and fanpage?? And maybe a twitter profile and page. Its my belief that you have so much to offer for any followers. And it should easily develop a friendly and humorus community!
There must be more than 2 or 3 people out there dealing with your topics, sharing your interest and profiing from your insight and advice!
If you give these new media a try please let me know!!! I would like to be amongst the first followers there!
Have a great day! “Sonnige Gruesse” from Bavaria. I hope I can keep up with your blog. This weekend I will have a session in the treasurechest with my kids
Best wishes,
Peter
Sorry for any misspelling and the bumpy english!
* just a funny fact that a lot of my clients carry this same name ?!
… my wife already said that it looks like my typical client is a “Zimmermann”.