While unpacking some boxes I had put into storage for several years I rediscovered a book that I believe a listener had sent me and it brought back such great memories of reading its contents on my show. The book is titled: 14,000 Things To Be Happy About and I don’t think there is a clunker in the bunch. I am currently reading a page per show on my podcast and being that there are over 600 pages in this book it will take almost 2 years to go through it. However, to whet your whistle, and I believe “whet your whistle” is in the book I will now share some gems from this incredible tome.
buying some lacy underwear and wearing it for everyday.
a truck stop with great spicy ribs and sweet-potato pie.
turkey buzzards.
Johnny-jump-ups.
cubbyholes.
mahogany bowls from Haiti.
long-stemmed compotes for serving Chinese food.
old light bulbs.
ducking into the ladies’ room for 10 minutes.
muffs.
peppermint schnapps.
anchoring just off a sandy crescent down the creek and casting for pan fish.
snare drums.
a baby-powder back rub.
absorbent cotton.
holding your tummy in.
bongo drums.
bamboo packing crates.
conflicts with an umbrella on a windy day.
snuffboxes.
ventriloquists’ dummies.
petting a horse.
Casper the Friendly Ghost.
sorority basketball games.
sleeping naked between crisp sheets.
fueling a hot-air balloon.
clamming.
an aquarium in a snifter.
average of 1800 thunderstorms going on in the world at all times.
a bag of Hershey’s Kisses.
a box of Lincoln logs.
rear-window defoggers.
animals at their watering troughs.
the container on the side of a cash register into which your change slides.
pink eye shadow.
lab smocks.
a cemetery from the 1700-1800s.
old suitcases as coffee tables.
bees filling the air with the hum of industry.
muffins bought at a bakery while biking through Martha’s Vineyard.
winning the Powerball.
Gunga, galunga
Garry