tho your heart is breaking

Choosing to be happy, I've been scribbling things that contribute to that state:

• lying on my back, looking up at the Northern Lights
• Anglos with inexplicably ethnic names
• small, crunchy dill pickles
• novels in which prissy girls eventually get their comeuppance
• the word 'comeuppance'
• unexpected, inexpensive gifts
• long drives to nowhere--especially in congenial company
• "when a plan comes together"
• desserts involving raspberries and/or peaches
• non-condescending books in the [Dewey] 150s
• silver jewelry
• turkey and gravy
• men who are both strong and gentle
• heavy rain during the day with no thunder, lightning or wind
• Australian rock music
• polite very young children
• the sound of a good pen on good paper
• when the one item that you stop at the grocery store to get happens to be on sale
• classical cello, especially on lazy Sunday mornings
• just a few more... 
• ...minutes
• ...paragraphs
• ...kisse
• shampoo
• watching someone do what they love and are good at
• 'best' lists
• people who are both clever and confident
• phone numbers with repeating digits
• odd greeting cards, especially birthday cards for non-birthday occasions
• serving food out of things shaped like animals
• people who are unstingy with memories
• graph paper, colored pencils, and a couple of hours to kill
• blueberry pancakes with maple syrup
• when guests make themselves at home to food and drinks
• Dazed and Confused
• inside jokes
• nibblers (i.e. hot snacks)
• song lyrics with personal meaning
• those who are not intimidated by my particular brand of effusiveness
• when friends accept recommendations of books, movies, music, etc. with an open mind
• open-mindedness, generally
• people whose lives have meaning without accompanying smugness or do-gooder-ism
• real mail after days (or weeks) of bills and catalogs
• the unreal blue sky over Santa Fe, New Mexico
• high-tech bubble wrap
• mix CDs
• the unreal green/blue water of the Atlantic off of South Beach (Miami, Florida)
• and thee.

Have I missed anything?