Almost-free things that bring me joy: a List

Joy.

- New growth in my potted plants

- A perfectly smooth duvet on a perfectly made bed

- [The rush of love I feel] watching Tati lounging luxuriously in the sun

- The sound of rain on the windows

- Long white pillar candles 

- Spring

- Hand-written postcards and letters from friends

- The smell of a freshly cleaned apartment

- An Epsom salt bath 

- Podcasts

- Tati’s sweet little meow

- The smell of a fresh pot of coffee

- The majesty of a raw amethyst

- Sunlight through the leaves 


- New growth on a houseplant (esepcially if you were 100% certain you had murdered it with your black thumb of death)  
- The sensation of accomplishment, however modest

- Sprigs of herbs in glass jars

- Fresh air in the form of breeze through the open windows 

- Clearing out a closet/shelf

- A local outdoor black cat who roams all of Astoria I affectionately call “Midnight Cat.” Midnight Cat is gutsy and sweet and has the most beautiful expressive tail! I love you, Midnight cat!

- That feeling of fully releasing into relaxation into bed...

- Sleeping in 

or

- Waking with the dawn ...

- The smell of a new season in the air

- Finding old doodles on the backs of envelopes, scrap papers

- Phone calls, FaceTime, and old-fashioned visits with friends old, new, and potential.

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