At The Book Bench at The New Yorker Deirdre Foley-Mendelssohn lists some of her favorite awesome moments from The Book of Awesome:
-When cashiers open up new checkout lanes at the grocery store.
-Hitting a bunch of green lights in a row.
-Bakery air.
-Waking up before your alarm clock and realizing you’ve got lots of sleep time left.
-The smell of crayons.
-Finally remembering a word that’s been on the tip of your tongue for so long.
-Putting potato chips on a sandwich.
-When you nudge the person snoring next to you and it makes them stop.
-The shampoo head massage you sometimes get at the hairdresser.
-Moving up a shoe size when you’re a kid.
-The smell of books.
What would you add?
the smell of t-shirts fresh out of the dryer
Moving down a dress size when you’re an adult.
Riding a galloping horse.
Ice cold Coke from an 8 oz glass bottle on a really hot summer day.
Pure mountain spring water.
Arizona Sunsets.
Purring cat.
Homegrown tomatoes.
An actual letter or card from someone you care about.
The first-position A-minor chord on a steel-string guitar.
Wild huckleberries.
Hitting a baseball/softball in that *sweet spot*
The smell of fresh tortillas and roasting green chiles.
Jump/hopping between cars on a train.
New Mexico Sunsets.
Infectious laughter.
I’ll say it… the act of making love.
A wonderful bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape or Champagne.
Descending a mountain on my bicycle at 100 kph.
Cuddling my wife in the morning whilst sleeping in.
A damn good chimichanga.
Did I mention the smell in the desert after it rains?
A long, hot shower with really awesome water pressure. One of the best inventions EVER!
Clean body, clean hair, and a freshly made bed all in the same night.
Having an infant fall asleep on your chest.
And yes, the smell of the desert after it rains. I got to enjoy that one this evening when I stopped at the rural mailboxes on my way home from work.