A month of writing – what I like

For a bit of context, I am participating in an online writing course which requires pretty much daily writing for the month of November. It’s a useful (if maybe self-indulgent) bit of discipline for me, so I am putting my qualms aside and trying to go with it. Today’s theme is lists, and the benefits of making them. We have a few topics to choose from. I don’t know if I am profound enough to do a list of what I’ve learned, and listing out all the things I wish for could be depressing so I am going to go with things I like.

• Having a cup of tea or coffee in bed
• Having nothing to do
• Travelling
• The runner’s high
• Bombay Sapphire gin and tonic
• Virginia Woolf
• When the scales go down
• Listening to worldwide radio on the internet
• Goat’s cheese
• Hanging out with my nieces and nephews
• Having a good night’s sleep
• New Zealand
• My globe lamp
• Gardens and flowers
• Going to museums in new cities
• Art
• Captain Cook
• Politics
• Herbs
• Having a tidy house and work space
• Feeling enthusiastic
• Clean sheets