Five Things that Don't Suck, Last Day of July Edition

1. the way that once a year around this time, I post something somewhere about a dry, comfortable morning
2. today being that day
3. still having warm sun
4. getting some [expletive deleted] rain* at some point
5. still having plenty of iced coffee season left

*please

Five Things that Don't Suck, Finally Some Rain Edition

1. not having flash flooding
2. the flowers getting a nice drink
3. not caring about whether the lawn is green or not
4. a cool, grey, little break
5. maybe knocking some of the pollen down

Five Things that Don't Suck, Whoops Edition

1. being so caught up in good stuff (again!) that I forget about the FTTDS lists (again!)
2. friends who check up on me because of it (Hi, Julie!)
3. balancing visual art and poetry*
4. getting ready to see poets again
5. how funny my friends are

*let me know if you're out there and know how to do that

Five Things that Don't Suck, Poetry Edition

1. poems
2. poets
3. words
4. finding them
5. making them better

Five Things that Don't Suck, New Designs Edition

1. art
2. figuring out how to make it
3. when other people really seem to like it
4. liking it myself
5. working on poems today (promise)

Five Things that Don't Suck, Sunday Brunch Edition

1. seeing Jed's mom
2. coffee in battered china cups
3. french toast
4. or some sort of eggs Benedict
5. or...pancakes?*

*or huevos rancheros. Or bacon. Or, or, or...