Things we like

As we were talking yesterday, Evelyne told me that she gets a quick out of not having to fill up her car for a long, long, time. Not that I love to pour gasoline into my tank, but for me, this same matter leaves me indifferent. My excitement comes from doing projects. These are mostly seasonal or spur of the moment. This summer it was laying flagstones in the garden, more recently it was working on our holiday card. Things we like the most are often bizarre, they may sound trivial to many and generally have no big material impact on our lives, but somehow they can produce great pleasures. At any rate, they are wonderful antidotes to our society of never ending consumption…