Simple Pleasures

“I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.”
Oscar Wilde
(quoted in Franklin Covey February 2006)

SUMMER PLEASURES

Iced coffee with 2% not skim milk

A walk in the park with my friend, Olesja


New restaurant in Riga, Ham & Cheese, run by Gary from St. Louis

'Old Navy' t-shirts that actually fit

Lots of new DVDs from home to watch instead of Latvian TV (thanks to Winters, Steve, Chris and Blockbuster)


'The West Wing' DVDs provided by Peggy and enjoyed by Evie, Smiths and Ilsters

A Saturday drive in the country

Sian yelling “Evie” in the stairwell

Testing mattresses with Graeme and Zoe (more later)

Staying up all night to read a good summer book or two:

The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and Labyrinth by Kate Mosse


Finishing a serious book

The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life by Os Guinness

(quotes and thoughts to be posted later)

A line from a song that just hits you:

“Your love has figured me out”
Glorious King by Marty Mikles

All your anxiety, all your care,
Bring to the mercy seat, leave it there,
Never a burden he cannot bear,
Never a friend like Jesus.

Written by Edward Henry Joy (1871-1949), recorded by The Singing Company, Red Book Sessions CD