A New List of Things I Love

• Gardens, especially those with pathways, benches, healing/soothing nooks
• Zen/Japanese designs
• Spring and autumn's changing colors
• Persian and Afghan carpets
• Turquoise gemstones and the color turquoise in tile-work
• Baroque music
• Totally sunny skies
• The breaking of waves along a beach
• Chocolate, especially dark, organic
• Soup-making with its steam filling the kitchen
• A slice of hot bread just out of the oven with melting butter
• Good times with dear friends
• Santa Fe's art galleries 
• Santa Fe's kiva fireplaces
• Bookstores
• Coming in from a holiday walk and smelling the turkey roasting
• Coming in anytime (!) and smelling an apple pie baking