things I really want to do right now

• wander through a sunny marketplace in the south of france
• watch a shakespeare play in an outdoor theatre
• take shrooms
• picnic in the english countryside
• get really stoned and visit a planetarium
• sit in a warm bath with a wonderful book

summer

• dusky fireflies
• bird/cricket symphonies
• sidewalk chalk
• barbecues and bonfires
• really dirty feet
• joyrides
• jumping into lakes
• wild blackberries
• popsicles and smoothies
• warm night air

textures

• goosebumps
• insect wings
• spiderwebs
• orchid petals
• birch bark
• kiwi skin
• wet feathers
• lips
• waffle cones
• earlobes
• patent leather
• horse noses
• scabs
• black satin

what if

• my walls were all covered in moss
• i could speak to foxes and crows
• i could keep a rainbow in a jar
• gargoyles could speak
• salad bars served rose petals
• owls were big enough to ride

colors

• stormcloud grey
• ripe cherry red
• honeydew
• dusky lavender
• luna moth green
• apricot
• rich mahogany
• spruce blue
• parchment
• bone
• green grape
• swimming pool blue
• café au lait
• noir

scents

• pine needles in the sun
• melting snow
• new asphalt
• cedarwood
• burning leaves
• new paper
• gardenias
• campfires
• nighttime humidity
• very old books

spring in places that have spring

• budding leaves
• green grass
• honeysuckle
• azaleas
• redbud
• pear blossoms
• lilacs
• robins
• dogwoods
• hydrangeas
• cherry blossoms
• tulips
• magnolias
• virginia bluebells
• a sweet perfume in the calm night air

“spring” in wisconsin

• rotten snow
• brown, trampled grass
• brown buildings
• naked trees
• murky puddles
• muddy footprints
• crunchy sidewalks (from leftover sand and salt)
• not quite warm enough
• a sky so blue above the drab, brown earth

words

• rustling
• thistledew
• cobblestone
• nectarine
• wash
• kingly
• cedarwood
• perfume
• suave
• dusk
• swimming

songs that induce nostalgia

• i miss you / blink-182
• loch raven / animal collective
• avril 14th / aphex twin
• the world at large / modest mouse
• other towns and cities / camera obscura
• leaves eclipse the light / eluvium
• 14 april / musette
• postcards from far away / coldplay
• landslide / fleetwood mac
• 1979 / smashing pumpkins
• hurt / johnny cash
• the garden that you planted / sea wolf
• as tears go by / the rolling stones

Things to remember:

• be kind to everyone, no matter what.
• give compliments to at least three people every day.
• recycle as much as you possibly can.
• don’t weigh yourself and don’t count calories. numbers are pretty pointless and they will just make you feel bad about yourself.
• write down your thoughts/feelings/experiences in a journal, even if it’s just a bulleted list. you will enjoy reading them years from now.
• get the hell off your computer. go outside, paint a picture, call a relative, explore the grocery store, cuddle kittens at the pet store. there is a whole world outside the internet.
• eat things that satisfy you, nourish you, and make you feel good and healthy.
• exercise because it makes you feel alive and refreshed.
• there is at least one person in this world who loves you very very very much.
• smile everywhere you go.
• forgive people.

wishing for

• dusk
• flowers
• warmth
• crickets
• thunderstorms
• cedarwood
• grandfather clocks
• bonfires
• honeysuckle
• owls
• fireflies