Beautiful Things

• The color of lavender that soy beans are before the harvest
• A brand new comic book/graphic novel; the smell, the feel
• The smell of white pearlescent bathroom soap at truck stops 
• The taste of a banana, when it’s in its perfect ripeness 
• The yellow and brown beauty of teeny tiny sunflowers unexpectedly in a Wisconsin field
• The sound of Luna, my dog, dreaming about running with joy
• The single peach that I have ever grown; her visual perfection, smell, and feel
• The way Luna sits with her legs crossed as she looks out the front window
• The warmth of my wife’s body as she lies sleeping next to me when we see each other
• The velvet texture of the soft, soft fur on Luna’s ears and nose
• When my wife sends me an unsolicited gift in the mail
• The stars seen from a dock on a lake in Northern Minnesota
• The taste of Sno Castle when eaten in a car with my best friends
• The texture of my favorite unicorn blanket when it’s freshly laundered