(Prompted by artist Jane Kaufmann.)
- Acceptances for publication large and mostly small.
- When newcomers return to Quaker meeting.
- When meeting for worship settles into warm silence.
- Fires in wood-burning stoves.
- Truly fine pizzas.
- Wines and cheeses.
- Appearances by bald eagles and osprey, some of them over my yard.
- My wife’s Christmas traditions – especially the observation of Advent and the 12 days after.
- Retirement and the opportunities it’s opened.
- Viewing whales from shore here.
- Whale watch cruises, no matter what we wind up observing.
- A week’s windjammer cruise. Twice now.
- Great classical music performances, including opera.
- Part-singing in choirs, chamber choirs, and Mennonite circles.
- The renovation of our 1787 homestead.
- Small-town life in Eastport and Dover.
- Sunrises and sunsets.
- Riding big-city subways.
- Full solar eclipses and Northern Lights.
- The Greek Orthodox festival and community.
- Mount Rainier.
- The election of Barack Obama.
Jnana's Red Barn 