I simply remember my favorite things

I intended my blog to be about other people, but I haven't had much time for them lately. Thanks to The Head Kid, however, I remembered recently that I'd had time to think about my favorite things. Read aloud for full effect (that being that you and I both look foolish), and don't feel like you have to buy me any of these for Christmas:

making music
English grammar
things accomplished with a hammer
Diet Coke and ice in cup
road trips as the sun comes up
great reporting
truth in fiction
liberal, freeing, old religion
brother's jokes
dad's advice
games of cribbage, cards, or dice
jazzy, folksy, mellow tunes
winter sunshine lighting rooms
Anne LaMotte
Ira Glass
candles
sandals
cute boy's ass
grandma's stories
walks with mom
books and shows on Vietnam
freedom with which children dance
the mere suggestion of romance