What Matters Most
What Matters Most by Ravyn Granholm
Music. Love. Loving music. Listening to music that makes my heart hurt. Heartbreak. Heartache. Heart.
Listening. Anti-virus software. Text messages containing dirty haikus. Notes.
Dance. Sequins. Veils. Zills. Canes to dance with. Canes to walk with. Prosthetic legs. Helicopters. Support. Intent.
Clean sheets. Navajo blankets. Peace pipes made out of recycled beer cans and woodpecker feathers. Sarcasm. Kurt Vonnegut. Grains of salt. Django Reinhardt.
Sense memory. The smell of used books. Books. Paper. Ink. First editions printed before ISBNs were used. Lewis Carroll, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Richard Dawkins, Susan Kay, Glen Granholm, Jackson Granholm, Edith Wharton, Edgar Allen Poe, and Anthony Bourdain.
Crossword puzzles. Erasers. Learning.
Clocks. Cuckoo Clocks. Ghanaian time. Patience.
Crunchy leaves. Snow. Leaving miniature snowmen on strangers’ cars. Hiding from storms. Chasing storms. Candlelight. Campfires. Stars.
Talking to the ocean. The Sylvia Beach Hotel. Hot cider in the attic library.
New York City. Fog. Graveyards. Cognac in Times Square, waiting for the ball to drop. Standing room only. Sparkly boots. Neon wigs. Stripey tights. Being mistaken for a New Yorker.
Auditoriums. The Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco. Chandeliers. Opera glasses. Anticipation.
Vocal cords. Vocal chords. Pedagogy. Offenbach. The Tales Of Hoffman. The Queen Of The Night. Puccini. Natalie Dessay. Coloratura sopranos. German, French, Italian. Piano. Arpeggios.
Auditions. Trial and error. Effort. Passion.
Taste. Tasting. Sliced ham, salami, and various cold cuts. Eating green olives straight out of a cold martini. Peppermint in a teaspoon for a tummy ache. A new flavor of tea.
Being okay with mirrors. Truth.
Sympathy, empathy, understanding.
Zombie video games. Zombie movies. Making fun of zombie movies.
Dimples. New songs. New ideas. Baseboard heaters. Warmth. Rabbit ears. Baby teacup pigs.
Fragile photographs. Panoramic views. Plate tectonics. Algebra.
Diaries. Making lists. Plans. Flowcharts. Dreams. Dreaming animals. Dogs barking in their sleep. Therapy dogs.
Letters. Postcards from another continent. Language. German. English.
Writing.
Writing this.
This.
Music. Love. Loving music. Listening to music that makes my heart hurt. Heartbreak. Heartache. Heart.
Listening. Anti-virus software. Text messages containing dirty haikus. Notes.
Dance. Sequins. Veils. Zills. Canes to dance with. Canes to walk with. Prosthetic legs. Helicopters. Support. Intent.
Clean sheets. Navajo blankets. Peace pipes made out of recycled beer cans and woodpecker feathers. Sarcasm. Kurt Vonnegut. Grains of salt. Django Reinhardt.
Sense memory. The smell of used books. Books. Paper. Ink. First editions printed before ISBNs were used. Lewis Carroll, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Richard Dawkins, Susan Kay, Glen Granholm, Jackson Granholm, Edith Wharton, Edgar Allen Poe, and Anthony Bourdain.
Crossword puzzles. Erasers. Learning.
Clocks. Cuckoo Clocks. Ghanaian time. Patience.
Crunchy leaves. Snow. Leaving miniature snowmen on strangers’ cars. Hiding from storms. Chasing storms. Candlelight. Campfires. Stars.
Talking to the ocean. The Sylvia Beach Hotel. Hot cider in the attic library.
New York City. Fog. Graveyards. Cognac in Times Square, waiting for the ball to drop. Standing room only. Sparkly boots. Neon wigs. Stripey tights. Being mistaken for a New Yorker.
Auditoriums. The Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco. Chandeliers. Opera glasses. Anticipation.
Vocal cords. Vocal chords. Pedagogy. Offenbach. The Tales Of Hoffman. The Queen Of The Night. Puccini. Natalie Dessay. Coloratura sopranos. German, French, Italian. Piano. Arpeggios.
Auditions. Trial and error. Effort. Passion.
Taste. Tasting. Sliced ham, salami, and various cold cuts. Eating green olives straight out of a cold martini. Peppermint in a teaspoon for a tummy ache. A new flavor of tea.
Being okay with mirrors. Truth.
Sympathy, empathy, understanding.
Zombie video games. Zombie movies. Making fun of zombie movies.
Dimples. New songs. New ideas. Baseboard heaters. Warmth. Rabbit ears. Baby teacup pigs.
Fragile photographs. Panoramic views. Plate tectonics. Algebra.
Diaries. Making lists. Plans. Flowcharts. Dreams. Dreaming animals. Dogs barking in their sleep. Therapy dogs.
Letters. Postcards from another continent. Language. German. English.
Writing.
Writing this.
This.