“where credit is due”
Dave Brubeck, September, cottonwood trees, old friends, tagliatelle, the little details, William Ackerman, running around the block, dream analysis, action movies, synergy, the power of love, Bill Withers, Charles & Ray Eames, yoga, Audrey Hepburn, wheatfields, bicycle rides, sunshine, Russian olive trees, the smell of freshly cut grass, lilac bushes, cherry limeades, strong coffee with cream, A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander’s team, Rachel Carson, beach vacations, Monty Python, the Beatles, hurricane shutters, cabernet sauvignon, chocolate layer cake, iced lemon cookies, synchronicity, connections, patterns, small-world moments, punctuation, spelling, swimming pools, colorful surprises, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, good people, Nancy Drew mysteries, kickboxing, homemade biscuits, Austin-Healeys, old yellow VW bug convertibles, coloring books, Amor Towles, Leo Buscaglia, Diane Ackerman, Antônio Carlos Jobim, David Darling, Beatrix Kiddo, stand-out customer service, city band concerts, ridiculous puns, showtunes, kindness, Sundays with The New York Times, Steely Dan, Sly & the Family Stone, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Django Reinhardt, Sting, Gretchen Parlato, Corita Kent, Isak Dinesen, jazz, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, blank books, Leonardo da Vinci, Rumi, Pablo Neruda, James Bond, Amy Winehouse, the school lunches I hear they serve in France, deep conversations, Edith Piaf, H. A. Rey, Raoul Dufy, the library of Alexandria, Petra, Chefchaouen, light blue violet, wondering, café lights, Billie Holiday, Esperanza Spalding, Ahmad Jamal, Bill Evans, naps, birdsong, fireflies, asking why, happy kids, Kurt Vonnegut, starry nights, college basketball, Marc Chagall, fast cars, cadmium yellow, blue skies ... and Scott, without question