- sand between my toes
- the sun on my face
- dirt under my fingernails
- my bed
- hot showers during the winter
- cold showers after a day at the beach
- watching seeds grow into big healthy plants
- Derrick’s arms around me
- road trips
- the smell of the ocean
- the smell of fresh cut grass
- meeting new people
- reconnecting with old friends
- green tea
- eating oranges
- fleece pants
- fleece anything
- poetry
- an organized space
- singing old hymns
- dancing
- thunderstorms
- making (and eating) apple pie
- climbing trees
- running on the beach
- going home
- pounding it out on my road bike
- being able to see two separate mountain ranges from Davis on a clear day
