Peripheral Vision
Submitted by Penny on Fri, 12/31/2004 - 12:55
Tags:
- marbled paper
- baby carrots fresh from the garden
- the serious expression of a small child playing
- having five minutes to spare
- the sound of wind whistling through a door
- the sense of triumph when you tied your first bow
- root beer foam
- running your nearly-frostbitten fingers under hot water
- silence in a library
- hearing someone shout something outrageous in a library
- ostrich feathers
- the sound of scissors on silk
- turning a corner and running into someone
- city squares with fountains
- the sharpness of cracked pepper
- the audacity of a book that is over 800 pages long
- spotting a hot-air balloon
- music boxes
- the word “phantom”
- a sack lunch on a school field trip
- words that are not pronounced the way they look
- hearing a foreign accent in a small town
- an airplane at take-off
- when the teacher decides to hold class outdoors
- discovering a short cut
- the last patch of unmelted snow beneath a tree
- waking up in a hotel and not knowing where you are at first
- handwritten letters
- saltwater taffy
- city lights viewed from a great distance
- a clear moonless night in the country
- the crisp efficiency of a skilled nurse
- experiencing a thing you’d only read about
- breakfast for dinner
- fresh mint
- pressed wildflowers
