40 Things I Love

Photo by Jeff Suwak (copyright 2019). I found this carved into a tree near the Audubon bird park in Seqium, Washington. I love the color of the tree’s interior contrasted against the white bark.

I don’t normally do this sort of piece, but I got called out!

Besides, thinking about 40 things I love seems like a worthwhile exercise. Thanks Felix Irkinas, Mark Starlin, and Tracy Aston for throwing down the gauntlet.

Example of stuff I love #1.

1. Old machinery and gradations of rust. Maybe because I grew up in the country wandering the woods and fields and was always finding old machinery and things, or maybe because I grew up in northeast Pennsylvania where the rusting remnants of the area’s coal-fueled golden age are omnipresent…I don’t know, but I love patterns of rust in metal, as well as in general old cars, tractors, etc.
2. Achieving long term goals and seeing people I care about achieve their goals. I really don’t know which I love better. I get a thrill every time I see the people I care about succeed at something important to them, whether that important thing be financial, career-based, health-based, artistic, whatever. I love seeing people succeed, even strangers, but when it’s people I care about, I usually end up more excited than they are.
3. Writing. Many people say that once you start doing something you love for money, you stop loving it. That absolutely hasn’t been the case for me…