- A stream-of-consciousness list
- pajamas at breakfast
- seeing the moon rise
- the feel of a rug under bare feet
- a lake catching the last flecks of sunlight coming in over the pines
- a small music box that plays The Blue Danube
- starting to make things happen
- a baby's first tooth
- teakettles
- orchestras
- a boat tour to see picturesque little ocher-and-red villages
- brand new notebooks
- pachyderms
- red-carpet treatment
- toddlers' vocabulary
- French toast, butter, and powdered sugar
- the cinema
- fruits to smell: early apples, fresh strawberries
- viewing everyday surroundings with a tourist's eye
- driving under an overpass during a storm
- eight hours of sleep
- lying on your back ina snowy field; making an angel by moving your arms in arcs
- the Florida Keys
- animals and toys for a nursery
- an idyllic quiet broken only by the ripple of the stirring water, the splash of fish rising to flying insects, and the crackle of a driftwood campfire
- doing your own thing
- making friends with the police
- allowances
- competence
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Excerpt from one of my favorite books, by Barbara Ann Kipfer
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