Things that make me smile, things that require no investment

Regina Spektor. Pinterest. Last week's newspapers. Making ganache. Loccitane bottles. Sky blue eternities. Cattails. (The smell of) ocean salt. Soft leather. Streaming light. Honeycrisp apples. Crackly paper lamps. Clean dark desks. Blanket & pillow. Sandwiches made by other people. Spam musubi in your hand. The click of heels on one long stretch of tree-lined, exhaust-covered cement. Pashmina scarves in solid colors. Sand, like silken silt. A tin perfumed with tea leaves. Frozen coffee beans in your hand; currency. The cursive of a foreign language on your tongue. Body tracing. Winding a disposable camera. Wearing leg warmers like you own the world. Catching the coldest wind, like a knife to your lungs. Thin Sharpies. Burned San Franciscan cafe coffee. The taste of smoke & ocean, rising through city streets on an early evening wind.