i enjoy long walks on the beach

*reading rainbow
*mermaids
*yo-yos
*culinary dalliances
*bob marley
*tron
*sea glass
*soft serve
*concord grapes

we just can't stop

*mini-golf
*remembering
*cotton candy
*guitar hero
*sternos
*melted chocolate
*backyard dodgeball
*catching leprechauns
*seven layer burritos
*italian ice
*wheat pastes
*new tubs of vaseline
*straight razor shaves
*wrought iron
*superheros
*minor league baseball
*made-up games
*coney island
*pilgrim sandwiches
*dogsleds
*space suits
*monkeys
*clever costumes
*sing-alongs
*completing a project
*lite-brite
*wide wale corduroy
*seersucker
*morning time
*fish tanks
*asterisks
*relief sculptures
*old museums
*marble slabs
*long hallways
*potter's wheels
*metal lunchboxes
*pump sneakers
*big digital clocks
*bonzai trees
*sunblock
*disappearing ink
*whoopee cushions
*hot air balloons
*hamster mazes
*compost piles
*number munchers
*savoring a new flavor
*piles of leaves
*old photographs
*simchas
*homemade fruit tarts
*elton john
*hiyo
*late evening walks
*rabbit ears
*church bells
*pudding and jelly snack head detectives
*home pressed apple cider
*q-tips
*libraries
*ice cream man
*yo-yos
*bumper boats
*marbles
*hot rods
*tennis matches
*tuna tartare
*blank slates
*julia child
*penny candy
*sea cliffs
*dinosaurs
*rolly chairs
*dr. seuss
*balsamic vinegar
*chandeliers
*eggy-chee
*mix tapes
*laser tag
*duplos
*starfishing
*macaronitunapeas
*adverbs
*morning hello friends
*buttered popcorn jelly bellys
*origami
*the chills
*tina turner's wardobe
*neighbors
*nudibranchs
*book report diaramas
*mojitos
*cuddlefish

it's a lovely night thinking about lovely things

*pop pop's oxford t-shirt
*letterpress notecards
*pencil grips
*eating spoiled food anyways
*grapefruit shower gel
*pom pom socks
*newly paved highways
*callaloo
*classical music lessons
*judy blume chapter books
*thirsty terry bathrobes
*annual marriage proposals
*cashmere socks
*levels as hand tools
*cornrows
*living dangerously bouncing super balls

ari has a few additions tonight. this is such a wonderful game to play:
*choco-tacos
*naps in the park
*doonsbury
*sushi in the fens
*assisting people
*bageltique
*daybeds
*puppet shows
*miniatures
*animating
*sleeping in
*fresh socks
*monkeyball
*gummy cola
*cigars with gentlemen
*sidewalk chalk
*waterproof shoes
*kl, kl, big city of dreams
*sunday brunch at the diner

i often worry that i am chronically almost going to be late.

everyone has something to give.

i spent a great deal of time speaking with the man on the corner, who has a true appreciation for classical music. he offered me lessons in listening, as well as setting up a proper system on which to listen.

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i will travel to india one day. i believe that it will be there that i will truly find spiritual peace.

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i must once again share my feelings on love. i believe that have been granted great gifts; both the ability to love, and the joy that one is overcome with when they are loved.

i just had a great weekend visiting my grandparents in new jersey. here is an updated list of things that make me smile:

*egg creams with grandma
*cast iron skillets
*lightening
*raw oysters
*giggling
*baby powder
*rhinestones
*antiquing
*chicken fingers
*summer
*eskimo kisses
*sea glass
*plum wine
*brooklyn
*yarn shops
*moments of inspiration
*sour gummy worms
*my scooter
*walking on the beach
*freckles
*cambridge

the tweet

sometimes you have those days that you just want to hold on to every single moment of; the ones that you know have changed the course of your life.
yesterday doodie and i remembered how much we love each other. and i began a new chapter of my life. this is the chapter of me, i am at the wheel, and i can take myself where i need to.

we harnessed our creative energies together, and created limoncello, a masterpiece which i will always have as a vanity. as we sat on the stoop relaxing after a long day and admiring our work, a young girl walked by, simply enamored with the vibrancy of the furniture laid before her on the sidewalk. she knelt down, and pointed to the small bird that is the drawer pull, and said, "tweet." her father scooped her up, and in one elegant motion she was up on his shoulders and they continued on their stroll.

while in bermuda several weeks earlier, we had been trying to think of the name of the bungalow that we will one day be able to escape to, hidden on a secluded beach, but a proper name evaded us. "the tweet" now seems like the perfect name, one that was coined after doodie and i had brought out the best in one another, and we were relishing in the moment- almost an afterglow.

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i have the power to shape my destiny. i will be more aware of all of my capabilities, and from now on, i cannot blame anyone but myself when things do not go in the direction that i wish them to.

i will both be creative and resourceful, and make many more worthwhile and special moments and days.

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we took a few photobooth style pictures so that we could memorialize the day, because moments so special are not meant to simply slip away. then we put our wedding rings on together, and retired to bed.