joy's favorite things

talking and laughing with my daughters, Liza and Emily Williams and my niece Ruth Passanante Shannon ||| Beethoven's symphonies (the Ninth esp.) ||| visiting my sisters, Judy and Jean Passanante ||| writing on my Idaho deck lined with terra cotta pots of gerania ||| Broadway musicals ||| sitting by the swimming pool at 15 Kings Lynn in St. Louis, where my father made the daisies bloom for me ||| Ted Drewes hot fudge sundaes (jumbo size esp.) ||| beautiful food ||| opera (Italian esp.) ||| The Iliad ||| dogs (dachshunds esp.) ||| women blues singers ||| dancing/swimming/diving ||| aerobics ||| immersing myself in water ||| art of all kinds (esp. poetry and sculpture) ||| keeping in long-distance touch with friends from decades back (anitacathylynnbonnieharrietkennydebbiesusannancyrogerrogerbarryjanlindajimmykayfrantobycindycarolyn and many of their progeny) ||| hanging out with my colleagues from all over the country who grade with me thousands of essays for the Educational Testing Service ||| staying married to Gary Williams (see here and here).

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