Saturday, September 6, 2014

Five Things that Don't Suck, Poet Edition

1. writing poems
2. experimenting with new styles and modes
3. realizing that some of them are actually pretty damn good
4. reading some more poems
5. having napping and daydreaming as part of your job description

Friday, September 5, 2014

Five Things that Don't Suck, Friday Morning Edition

1. the best going-to-sleep night of the week
2. getting together with friends tonight
3. a chance to get the house in order
4. the giant sunflower growing next to our mailbox
5. the fact that any time I can't think of an item for this list, I type "m" then replace it with whatever I come up with*

*I have no idea why

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Five Things That Don't Suck, Gorgeous Thursday Edition

1. warm, warm days
2. cool, cool nights
3. the particular clear shade of blue sky we really only get in early autumn
4. still being able to get good tomatoes
5. garter snakes sunning themselves beside the driveway

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Five Things that Don't Suck, Random Edition

1. walking the dogs in the morning mist
2. the tail end of iced coffee season*
3. bright yellow school buses
4. the fact that I no longer have any reason to be on a bright yellow school bus
5. Garanimals

*Yes, for me it's a season. If you want to continue putting ice in your beverages after October, be my guest, but I'm almost too British to use ice in the first place

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Five Things that Don't Suck, Accidental Day Off Edition

1. being so excited about bottling honey that I forget to post a FTTDS list
2. the tiny world around us that we so often forget to pay attention to
3. late summer nectar flows
4. little translucent wings
5. teeny tiny bee fur

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Five Things that Don't Suck, Honey Extraction Day Edition

1. honey
2. extracting said honey
3. tasting said extracted honey
4. enjoying said tasting of extracted honey
5. amusing myself with patterns