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I love pressed-tin ceilings.
I love cinnamon rolls, especially these from West End Bakery. The woman who makes them has to be made of magic.
I love sharpening the yellow pencils I bought, 24 for a dollar, at the Family Dollar, but I also really love finding eraser- and lead-less pencils abandoned on the sidewalk.
I love huge neon signs, especially giant ones stuck to the side of buildings.
I love dripping wet hair.
I love this song. I could live in it.
I love the wind, especially when it makes my friend’s ears flop.
I love messages written in dirt.
I love uncovering surprises.
It’s weeks like this — ones submerged in red paper hearts and chocolate treats — that I’m reminded that I have a Big Love in my life, a really big one, one-that-makes-your-heart-break sized love. It takes my breath away sometimes. But when it comes down to it, many of my loves are of the small variety, the easily overlooked, not-very-flashy kind of loves that can be simple, yet surprising to me when I suddenly recognize them. So while the world is surrounded in Valentine’s Day schlock (but I love Valentine’s Day schlock, really! Are you listening Mr. Hunt?), I thought now would be a good time to share some of the small loves I’ve been collecting over the last several months. Happy Love Week, everybody!
I love trips down roads bordered by rusty, abandoned signs.
I love cold nights and the big teeth on a fuzzy camel named June.
I love that Penny, or Wayne, made a declaration of love on this bridge in Banner Elk.
I love, oh how I love, my New Balances. (Relatedly, I’ve very sad that footwear designers can never seem to leave well enough alone and changed the design on the new models. I will most likely be loving these for the next 25 years.)
I love that I can still look up into the branches of these old-growth hemlocks in Cataloochee. How I wish someone could save them.
These are just the start. Oh, I have so many more to share with you this week. But, if you get a chance and are struck by inspiration, let me know what you’re loving, too!