List #1

Summer, cicadas, palm trees, the Mediterranean, sunshine and sunsets, music, my dogs, surprises, chance encounters, dance classes, piles of books to read, gardening, the way when, sometimes, you’re able to connect to someone else, the happiness of strangers, New Orleans, the South of France, London, Africa, handwriting, birthdays, kindness, harbors, ice cream, feeling carefree, falling in love, notebooks, pens and pencils. I don’t think I’ve made it to 30 and because the “My favorite things” from the Sound of Music is still echoing in my mind, I asked aimusicgen to make me a song.

[Verse 1]
Summer hums with cicadas’ song,
Palm trees sway where hearts belong,
Mediterranean skies stretch wide,
Golden sunsets, waves collide.

[Chorus]
Feel the rhythm in the breeze,
Dancing close beneath the trees,
Laughter echoing through warm air,
Every glance, a secret shared.

[Verse 2]
Dogs run wild in sandy bays,
Books in piles, long lazy days,
Gardens bloom in gentle light,
Strangers smile, the world feels right.

[Pre-Chorus]
A spark in a look, in a word,
Unwritten poems silently heard,
Kindness passed from soul to soul,
Harbours whisper, we feel whole.

[Chorus]
Feel the rhythm in the breeze,
Dancing close beneath the trees,
Laughter echoing through warm air,
Every glance, a secret shared.

[Bridge]
From New Orleans to southern France,
London streets to an African dance,
In handwritten lines and birthday cheer,
The world unfolds when love is near.

[Chorus]
Feel the rhythm in the breeze,
Dancing close beneath the trees,
Laughter echoing through warm air,
Every glance, a secret shared.

[Outro]
Carefree hearts and melting creams,
Falling in love like summer dreams,
With notebooks open, we begin,
To write the song we’re living in.

My eternal to do list

One day I’ll stop watching Poirot reruns and start organizing.


I will tame  the chaos after finally putting to use hours of reading “how to declutter” posts.


I will give my closets the professional organizer treatment and end up with a curated wardrobe of classical pieces.


I will stop buying every piece of vintage luggage that crosses my path because I will not need the extra storage space anymore.


I will keep only what is necessary.


And will try to convince myself that minimalism is sexy.


I will stop trying to keep all the things my granddad used to collect.


And after I have managed to strip my life off all the frivolity , I will finally have the time to read all the books lying around.


I have never crossed any item of this to do list. Either because I’m too lazy or too busy procrastinating.


Or because I can’t force my maximalist nature to become something else and pretend I don’t find beauty in the poetry of everyday chaos.

 

 

 

The Poetry of List-Making