Sunday, May 08, 2011
Little pleasures part 2
The topic of Small Pleasures came up last week in a graphics forum where someone was feeling low and invited others to list their favorite little pleasures.
I was happy to join in, since I've learned in recent years to appreciate the small things in life.
My list:
1. A good dump in the morning! [As in this.]
2. Finding something that I'd forgotten I owned. [As in this.]
3. Buying old stuff on Ebay that I wanted when it was new in the '70s, but couldn't afford then. [As in this.]
4. A crisp sunny day like today! [As in this.]
5. Bach's hymn to little pleasures. [BWV 84]
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This morning Pleasure #2 popped up again.
I was cleaning a closet shelf to make room for a stock of incandescent light bulbs. I came across a little cardboard box and was about to toss it, then noticed it wasn't empty. Looked inside, and found a Renderosity cap. Apparently I had ordered 2 of them back in 2007 then stashed the extra and forgot about it. The first one wore out last year; tried to order another, but found that Renderosity had stopped selling caps. Disappointed, I settled for a different cap of lesser quality and fit.
Now I've got my favorite cap again, and it's brand-new!
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As Polistra says:
Chance favors the prepared miser.
Or as Bach said,
Ich esse mit Freuden mein weniges Brot,
Und gönne dem Nächsten von Herzen das Seine.
Ein ruhig Gewissen, ein fröhlicher Geist,
Ein dankbares Herze, das lobet und preist,
vermehret den Segen, versüßet die Not.
A complete and concise recipe for life.
[English translation here.] ¶ 4:43 PM
I was happy to join in, since I've learned in recent years to appreciate the small things in life.
My list:
1. A good dump in the morning! [As in this.]
2. Finding something that I'd forgotten I owned. [As in this.]
3. Buying old stuff on Ebay that I wanted when it was new in the '70s, but couldn't afford then. [As in this.]
4. A crisp sunny day like today! [As in this.]
5. Bach's hymn to little pleasures. [BWV 84]
= = = = =
This morning Pleasure #2 popped up again.
I was cleaning a closet shelf to make room for a stock of incandescent light bulbs. I came across a little cardboard box and was about to toss it, then noticed it wasn't empty. Looked inside, and found a Renderosity cap. Apparently I had ordered 2 of them back in 2007 then stashed the extra and forgot about it. The first one wore out last year; tried to order another, but found that Renderosity had stopped selling caps. Disappointed, I settled for a different cap of lesser quality and fit.
Now I've got my favorite cap again, and it's brand-new!
= = = = =
As Polistra says:
Chance favors the prepared miser.
Or as Bach said,
Ich esse mit Freuden mein weniges Brot,
Und gönne dem Nächsten von Herzen das Seine.
Ein ruhig Gewissen, ein fröhlicher Geist,
Ein dankbares Herze, das lobet und preist,
vermehret den Segen, versüßet die Not.
A complete and concise recipe for life.
[English translation here.] ¶ 4:43 PM
