. . . A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS

In addition to the melodic list of favorite things that Maria sings about in The Sound of Music (which just happens to be one of my favorite things), I'd like to add:

Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory" Dark chocolate-covered cherries from Holl's of Parkersburg, WV

Family & friends near and far

The alphabet and its mix of twenty-six letters that form words that form sentences that form stories

Tamarack and its passionate staff

Memories . . .

Bookstores and booksellers who invite readers to read Honeysuckle Holiday and Marble Town and Please Close It!

J. Q. Dickinson Salt-Works

Natalie & Nicholas, Julia & Max, James & Charlie & Timmy

The Book Loft of German Village

John Derian's work

Aunt Dodo & Uncle Herman & Anna & John

Harper Lee's letter

Buck & Bette, my new favorite purveyor of "fancy & staple goods for Appalachian life"

Mountain Mama Book Reviews

AND THE PEACE & JOY I WISH FOR EVERYONE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON & THROUGHOUT THE NEW YEAR!