Things That Make Me Perfectly Happy

• a merino sweater the purple of the pigment violet
• warm pain au chocolat
• a branch of lilacs
• melon oolong tea
• walking by the water
• sitting by the water
• looking at the names of boats*
• a little black pug dog
• remembering Hadrian’s Wall
• seeing and not having to respond to office e-mail
• a new easy Indian cookbook
• pretending perfect detachment
• pelicans
• seeing the quails come up the driveway
• window gardens
• little green watering cans
• roasted cauliflower
• the title “Overheard in an Old Graveyard”
• a sunny window 

*my favorite fishing boat still “For Tuna”

image:  Gustav Klimt, Woman with a Purple Hat (a.k.a. Dame mit Hut und Federboa)