The Happiness Thread. What makes you happy?

underthecity · Mar 31, 2008

Sunsets, bike rides, reading your favorite book for the tenth time.

What are things in your life, things that you do besides writing that make you happy?

With me:

Working on a hobby and accomplishing something positive.

Watching our cats play or play-fight with each other.

Having a picnic with my wife.

Watching my favorite movie again.

Listening to a favorite song.

Shooting pool in our basement.

Finding a good 8 track tape I don't already have.

Buying a 78 RPM record of a song I love . . . and listening to it.

Having someone tell me he or she really liked one of my books, and perhaps learned from it.

Others?

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Don Allen · Mar 31, 2008

My wife, my dog, my dunhill cigars and a vodka tonic. Actually I really like you idiots and this freaken website too.

choppersmom · Mar 31, 2008

Reading. Writing. Not so much arithmetic.

And having a hedgehog in my sleeve.

Haggis · Mar 31, 2008

Sleep. Sleep is good.

Oh. And Milkbones.

A. Hamilton · Mar 31, 2008

my greatest happiness so far today was a long distance phone call with one of my favorite people.
but there were others;
french vanilla creamer in my fresh brewed coffee.
a purring kitten.
John Coltrane.
writing a page in my journal.
sparkling clean bathrooms.
ham and muenster wrapped in romaine with white corn tortilla chips and chunky salsa.
sunshine and a lilting breeze.
I think I hear a bird, and my old dog is thumping her tail...
ok, it's been fun, and now I'm off to take a walk.
have a nice afternoon.

WendyNYC · Mar 31, 2008

soliciting a big fat check for the nonprofit I work on
my kids laughing in the bathtub
my husband turning off his BlackBerry
my dog, when he tilts his head to the side
mango chutney
kayaking in the bay
reading at the beach
going out
staying home

kristie911 · Mar 31, 2008

My son, even when he's being naughty he makes me happy.
Taking a walk in the woods.
A quiet afternoon on my deck with a good book.
Being with friends.
Thunderstorms.
A really good steak.

RLB · Mar 31, 2008

reading dates with my husband
walking around the city
new shoes
warmer weather

and ice cream of course

bluntforcetrauma · Mar 31, 2008

smoking crack

rhymegirl · Mar 31, 2008

Naughty bft.

choppersmom · Mar 31, 2008

rhymegirl said:
Naughty bft.

What rhymegirl said!!

truelyana · Mar 31, 2008

Being.

StephanieFox · Mar 31, 2008

A snuggle with my bulldog.

Really fine food.

A day with my husband at the Minnesota State Fair.

A day with my bulldog at a bulldog festival.

Travel to places exotic.

Coming home to my bulldog.

Wine and a nibble al fresco.

The new law going through the state legislature that will allow your dogs to be there when you have a little wine and a nibble al fresco.

When the right candidate wins.

escritora · Mar 31, 2008

reading dates with my husband

if you are still reading this thread, what's a reading date? do you read to each other? or does he read to you? or do you read to him?

Susie · Mar 31, 2008

my hubby
my friends here
chocolate
my guitar
my needlepoint
a warm day
getting an acceptance letter and check
etc.

choppersmom · Mar 31, 2008

SUSIE makes me happy!!

TerzaRima · Mar 31, 2008

Talking at the end of a long day with Mr Rima.

My nieces.

The Sunday New York Times.

Biking, running, long walks with the dogs.

Cooking for and feeding friends and family.

Dark, rainy afternoons watching old Hitchcock movies on TMC.

Any time spent in Ireland.

Any time spent anywhere in Scandinavia.

My dogs

Joycecwilliams · Mar 31, 2008

Things that make me happy.

1. Warm summer breezes blowing through the opened windows of the house.

2. My toes wrapped in warm sand.

3. Anyone of the many beautiful mountain lakes where I live.

4. Wishing on a shooting star.

5. Fresh red ripe tomatoes from the garden.

6. My writing group.

7. My three pugs cuddling with me on a cold winter's night.

8. Long deep kisses.

9. Riding roller coasters.

10. The scent of my lover still on my skin after a night of passion.

JustJess · Mar 31, 2008

~my children's laughter
~eating out with my 2 childhood friends
~laying on a blanket, under the shade of a great big tree and staring up at the sky through the branches
~a rainy day with a good book, a warm blanket, an empty house, and a bag of Twizzlers
~dancing in the kitchen with my 4yo to really loud music
~pillow talk with the hubby

RLB · Mar 31, 2008

escritora said:
if you are still reading this thread, what's a reading date? do you read to each other? or does he read to you? or do you read to him?

Any and all of the above. Usually it's snuggling up, each with our own book. Occasionally, it's reading out loud to each other. (we always we aloud to each other on car trips and every now and then it spills over into when we're home)

escritora · Mar 31, 2008

RLB that sounds so romantic!

maxmordon · Mar 31, 2008

The Innocence of children

The Smile of older people

Know that I am beloved

Watch and feel the dawn

Rainy days

Female hair

The smell of gasoline, fresh paint, oil, etc.

The soft skin and weavy hair of someone I just will call Miss M.

People enjoying what I write

Older simplier times

A hug, specially if is ramdom

Forget for a moment that the rest of the world exists

That moment when you are between life and death

A good shower

This reminds me this French short from the same director of Amelie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDnVcLdu1C8

ErylRavenwell · Apr 1, 2008

Sunset, night
dreary weather, fogs
Trees and forests
Mountains
The smell of forest loam
Strength training
My Dulcinea (Unhappiness too! I guess she's a mixed bag)
Feeding my spiders and my little boa
Riding fast, really fast on my Suziki.
Crows and ravens

ccarver30 · Apr 1, 2008

Crows cawing

Good coffee

Not working

MST3K

maestrowork · Apr 1, 2008

great poetry
that i wrote

The Happiness Thread. What makes you happy?

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Absinthe O'Malice

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