--The aroma of home-baked bread

--Your hometown baseball team winning the World Series

--"Death by Chocolate" ice cream

--Tiny sample tubes of lipstick

--The smell of a new textbook at the start of a new school year

--A player piano that you pedal with your feet

--Daddy punching holes in a mayonnaise jar lid so you can catch lightning bugs with the other kids

--Pope John Paul II singing

--Handing out candy at the door on Halloween

--The sound of a "push"/manual lawnmower in the distance on a summer day

--Cute little clothes and accessories for teddy bears

--A favourite restaurant just for the two of you

--"Our song"

--Digital cameras

--Sunlight streaming through a stained-glass window

--The cool quiet of a large dark old church

--Votive candles flickering, row upon row

--Small dark stationery stores

--Gel pens in every conceivable colour

--Special dark stationery for milky gel pens

--The smell of wet bark and soil after a thunderstorm

--"A patch of blue"

--Your favourite tree, still alive and well

--Rainbows that last for several minutes

--A favourite old soft flannel shirt

--The radar loop online

--Chatting with friends online all night

--Sherlock Holmes

--And Jeremy Brett portraying him!

--Computers

--A new videogame plus strategy guide

--Browsing in an online bookstore in the wee hours

--Your favourite brick-and-mortar bookstore

--Hello Kitty things

--Vacation photos

--Learning something new

--The gracefulness of Gregg shorthand

--Listening to music on headphones in the middle of the night when everyone else is asleep

--Doing dishes at 3 am, when you don't have to

--"Make do, wear it out, make it last, do without"

--"This too shall pass"

--Finding old stationery you'd forgotten you had

--Early springtime's trees with fuzzy pale-green tops

--Honeysuckle

--"The sun drawing water"

--A late-50's automobile with huge tailfins

--Being connected to the world on the Internet

--The wonders of technology

--Being open to new things

--Being able to own a favourite movie, something you never dreamed of 40 years earlier!

--Moisturizing lotion

--Tarot cards

--The Weather Channel

--Speaking in Wodent Wanguage wif a twusted fwiend

--Hamsters

--The Blue Ridge Mountains

--Saving money at the grocery store with sales and coupons

--The Everly Brothers' tight, keening harmonies

--Russell Stover chocolate truffles

--Falling in love with someone at the exact same time he is falling in love with you

--Black leather jackets

--James Dean

--"You've got new mail!"

--The squeaky-pump call of a blue jay

--The glow of sunlight on the fountain pen in your hand

--A full larder, with ice and snow outside

--Silk long johns!

--The comfort of a teddy bear

--Clean sheets and blankets

--Lilies of the valley

--The lonely sound of a train whistle

--The sweet taste of cooked fresh carrots topped with butter

--Pen pals

--Being read aloud to

--Silly pet names

--A trusty fountain pen that starts immediately, every time

--The large introductory package from a record club

--Being "transported" by music