Life is Good is one of my favorite people on OS, so when she declared an open call about your favorite things intended to help us get to know each other, I wanted to play. However, if you ask me my favorite book or movie, I never know what to say. I like too many things and some of my favorite things are quite unruly. Here are my favorite things in no particular order:

Cats, soft blankets, fluffy towels, dancing, any food made from cream, road trips, guys with motorcycles, guys with motorcycles who take me on road trips, books, movies, clean houses, Latin music, drums, leather and suede, yellow things, cooking, shopping, throwing dinner parties, art, my husband, romantic sex, kinky sex, sex with women, sex with men, photography shows, email, flower gardens, flowers in vases, tiny blue or purple wildflowers that you have to get down real close to see, swimming, bodies of water, fast cars, trains, dark chocolate, meat, cheese, hardwood floors, gardens, big windows, greeting cards, organizing, eating with my fingers, making people laugh.

Glass and metal furniture, butterflies, writing, love, family, friends, cognac, rooms with chair rails, rooms with dish shelves, tile, rain storms, mountains, deserts, the hum of bees around a fragant bush in a wash, singing, problem-solving, getting paid, leaving a tip, pursuading someone, solitude, heights, houses, derelict buildings, country roads, churches, comedy, aquariums, rhinos, witty conversation, helping people, good drugs, funny stories, family stories, crime stories, new tires, succulents and cacti, friendly dogs, bath salts, massages, opera, dressing up to go downtown, phone sex, public sex, sex with married women, sex with married men, safety, risk, walking, driving, moving toward the horizon, moving, moving.  

My salad: mix salad greens with slices of tomato and rings of red onion, toss with a dressing of balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic and dried thyme, and sprinkle pine nuts on top.