The Simplest Pleasures

• water changing hues when making contact with a teabag

• when he kisses my forehead

• the coffee smell and distant chatter of people in a cafe

• the smell of old books at libraries and used bookstores

• the sun warming the earth below her

• watching nostalgic movies (Anne of Green Gables, Narnia, etc.)

• comfortable silence while watching movies

• how he talks frantically about something he loves

• impromptu slow dancing with him

• dancing while cooking in my pajamas

• being silly with my best friend

• poetry

• small bursts of productive energy