This is Yellow

freshly sharpened pencils

yellow daisies painted on china

doodles from my students - taped above my desk

this line: "Death is the mother of beauty," and

this one: "The day is like wide water, without sound," and really,

all of Wallace Stevens

yellowed paperbacks with green or red edged pages

iced lattes with a smidge of vanilla

tiny gifted cloth strawberries smelling of citrus

pale green rubber bands

getting lost in a new book

bookmarks - new ones, old ones

brown kraft paper

Melville's comment of "thought-divers" - "I love all men who dive-"

Lego calendars

mason jars full of a rainbow of markers

the possibility of all those colors

orange scented lip balm

ginger snaps

Agnes Varda and Susan Sontag together

postage stamps, always postage stamps,

miniature bone china horses

scones with plum jam

.18mm pens

the Fantastic Mr. Fox soundtrack

this song on repeat

snail mail

packages that just keep unfolding with lovely treats

pale yellow post-its

roasted cauliflower

almond cookies

Encyclopedia Brown mysteries

surprise visits from my husband during his break from work

paneer pakora

and while we're at it, mango lassi

corn dogs and fries made by old men in suspenders

origami boxes

sweaters with leather buttons

cherry coke slurpees

wedding bands

faux bois

mustard yellow mugs