Coconut

Coconut ball, coconut incense, coconut lotion.

That has been my morning.

That, and typing Capital Appreciation about 50 times.

In the spirit of capitializing on appreciation...

Things I Appreciate:

Dave Henwood -- he's this ridiculously friendly, funny man in my office with a Yorkshire (?) accent and a keen wit. he bubbles with positive energy. he just waved at me, through the glass door,wiggling his fingers and bouncing his eyebrows up and down. i appreciate dave.

Fries with Gravy and Ketchup - i don't eat them very often anymore, but today i flew back in time to U of T with Novie, Jackie and Terry and ordered one huge order of fries with gravy and ketchup. i was transported back to the wooded campus at Erindale and being 19 at the beginning of my new life in Ontario. sure the fries have made me nauseous, but, still, i appreciate a meal that can produce time travel.

I.T. Guys - my floppy disk got stuck in my computer this morning. seeing the IT giu arrive this morning was like hearing the fog horn on a large ship approach you after floating on your dingy for hours in the middle of the ocean. i was so glad to see him that i my eyes actually filled with tears. my heart, in rememberance, appreciates the IT Guys.

Lust - i know lust does not have the lasting effects of a friendship or a spiritual connection or even a solid companionship...but, i declare in this moment, lust is a rare vitamin that we could all benefit from in balanced doses. it heightens your senses, slams you directly into the middle of a Now moment and brings a whole new meaning to the word anticipation. now, mix it up with all that friendship, love, spirit stuff and your dead meat. the black sheep on the list, i say let us give lust a little more appreciation.

Hippiedom - to those that name their children Sky, Forest, Hope, River, Hart. to those who wear beaded hemp jewellery, hang out with their friends in the nude and would rather live peacefully than shop at Pottery Barn. to those who touch a part of me who has always dreamed of living in a magic cottage in the woods, arms wrapped around someone i love as we nap in a hammock on the water - i appreciate you.

Eleventy Gillion - i appreciate this phrase because it made me laugh so hard the first time i read it that a looming grumpy mood that i was almost going to have completely disappeared. i challange each of you to use it in a sentence at least once this week...if not an eleventy gillion times. (krista grins in appreciation).

To top it off i send you: clapping versus booing, cushions-many and overstuffed, condoms because no one wants clymita, chutzpah, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, calling cards that never run out, calanders from your fedex guy,cuddles and crayola crayons...

...biggie sized with the sharpener in the back.