— that I have a great doctor. Really. He’s the best.<\/p>\n
— friends who send me emails just to say hi<\/p>\n
— my lilac-scented candles, placed all over my house<\/p>\n
— Endust<\/p>\n
— rescue swimmers<\/p>\n
— my big fat dictionary<\/p>\n
— Anton Chekhov<\/p>\n
— new sneakers<\/p>\n
— Grey Goose vodka<\/p>\n
— the people who read this blog<\/p>\n
— Glendalough<\/p>\n
— my dad’s garden, and the Adirondack chairs on the patio<\/p>\n
— my beautiful lamp from Pier One<\/p>\n
— the fact that my bamboo plant is now flourishing<\/p>\n
— Beth’s tiki bar in her backyard, with the blue gleaming swimming pool<\/p>\n
— Alex’s back porch<\/p>\n
— Gena Rowlands<\/p>\n
— all my friends’ kids<\/p>\n
— Cashel and the letters he writes to me, and his smile with his big-boy teeth<\/p>\n
— my sister Siobhan’s music<\/p>\n
— my sister Jean’s smile<\/p>\n
— my brother Brendan’s kindness<\/p>\n
— my entourage of cousins<\/p>\n
— my dad’s staunch belief in me<\/p>\n
— my mom’s entire personality<\/p>\n
— my framed old map of Ireland on my wall. I bought it at Trinity College. It has sea monsters and mermaids leaping around the borders.<\/p>\n
— Lake Michigan<\/p>\n
— the Bible<\/p>\n
— Metallica<\/p>\n
— the constellation Orion<\/p>\n
— Pat’s albums<\/p>\n
— my skin<\/p>\n
— and speaking of that: Eucerin Q10 Anti-Wrinkle cream. Phenomenal.<\/p>\n
— the Consitutional Convention of 1787<\/p>\n
— Judy Garland<\/p>\n
— Ryzsard Kapuscinski<\/p>\n
— The Sewanee Review<\/p>\n
— Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke<\/i><\/p>\n
— charades<\/p>\n
— Winslow Homer<\/p>\n
— Jeff Bridges’ acting<\/p>\n
— firemen<\/p>\n
— men, in general<\/p>\n
— women, in general<\/p>\n
— David McCullough<\/p>\n
— my incense (the scent is called “sensuality”)<\/p>\n
— Alexander Hamilton<\/p>\n
— along with that – The Federalist Papers<\/i><\/p>\n
— 6 Feet Under<\/i><\/p>\n
— warriors\/commando-types\/SEALs\/Delta Force … you know, “those guys”<\/p>\n
— Seamus Heaney<\/p>\n
— John Gribbin<\/p>\n
— my pale pale yellow walls, and my thick brown curtains, and my ceiling fan<\/p>\n
— Only Angels Have Wing<\/a>s<\/i><\/p>\n — kissing someone I really really like<\/p>\n — engineers<\/p>\n — Anne Frank<\/p>\n — Anne Frank<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" — that I have a great doctor. Really. He’s the best. — friends who send me emails just to say hi — my lilac-scented candles, placed all over my house — Endust — rescue swimmers — my big fat dictionary … Continue reading