1. God
2. A walk in the woods
3. Wild flowers
4. Able to stand up to my older brother. It was not about winning the argument but speaking my mind. I could not have done that as a kid or even a younger man.
5. having a hat to lend ( not a King’s Lead Hat)
6. Air conditioning when needed
7. My brother told me that Simon, his son, walked into his parents’ room on The morning of his birthday and said I am 5.
8. Birthday present for Simon and unbirthday presents for his brothers. I thought Simon’s mother and father would curse me later for the two hundred pieces comprising Simon’s gift, but Chloe, his mother, God bless her, put it together, perhaps with help from the kids, I don’t know, I was talking to my mother while this was happening.
9. Sometimes I follow Peabody. On a perfectly hot night we walked past a house with the sound of bongo drums. The men were playing to the sounds of a record of salsa music. (I learned from David M., a colleague, that there are also these minus one recordings, like for a cellist it would have all the orchestral sounds except the cello with which the musician could play along)
10. Rain shower and not caring, can’t speak for Peabody, though, shake , shake, shkfshkfshfshkffshk