Good Things

1. Succulents

   1. Fuzzy, or

   2. Crowded in a pot, or

   3. Shaped like rosettes

2. Hand carved figurines

   1. Miniature,

   2. Wooden,

   3. And animal, of course

3. Grabbing peppermints from a restaurant bowl

   1. One (1) handful

4. Making hot drinks

   1. Drizzling honey into tea, or, if I can’t sleep,

   2. Sprinkling cinnamon into warm milk with vanilla, but it’s important to

   3. Stir and listen to the spoon drag circles on the bottom of the mug

5. Street lamps

   1. Old, and

   2. Frosted with snow

6. Picking maraschino cherries out of drinks

   1. Finish drink, then

   2. Use straw to pry cherry out of ice cubes, then

   3. Slowly tilt glass into mouth, then

   4. Wonder why you didn’t use a spoon

Artwork: "Growing Up" by Kelly Rainey