A Few of my Favorite Things

I've had a lot going on lately so I have not updated as much as I'd like. Nothing bad is happening, just the busy-ness of warm weather, bike rides, home maintenance, etc. I'm enjoying the new bike I bought but the seat really needs to come down. I hate feeling like I need to fall to one side just to be able to stop. I'm also thinking of making myself a batch of either arepas or honey cornbread muffins, just something munchy. Anyway in lieu of real content for the time being, have a Friday Five, two days late.

1. What are three things you refuse to live without?
Coffee, fresh air/outdoor access, books.


2. What are your three favorite items of clothing?
Any hoodie but my current fav is a basic athletic gray one from Walmart, my black sweatpants with the gray stripe (no elastic in the ankles), and this long-sleeved Kotn t-shirt, none of which I can wear for almost half the year because of how freaking hot it is.


3. What are your three favorite books?
The Lord of the Rings - I've been reading and re-reading these books (including The Hobbit) for decades now.
Art Today by Ray Faulkner and Edwin Ziegfeld - this one may sound weird but I grew up flipping through my mom's copy, and finally tracked down the same edition online. It's soothing to me to look at all the images and re-read the familiar copy.
Walden, or, Life in the Woods - aka camping in Ralph Waldo Emerson's backyard. ;D


4. What are three things you'd grab if you had to evacuate your house quickly?
The cats - although I'm not sure how quickly I could grab a couple of panicked felines. My reading journal, and my phone and/or laptop since my devices have so much of my life on them, things like access to my health insurance, address books, all that kind of thing.


5. What are your three favorite songs or musical works?
Just three? Jeez.
Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues, Death's Door soundtrack by David Fenn, The Oxford American Southern Music Sampler 2000 - various artists