Reasons to Be Happy
My “Reasons to Be Happy” lists started with my young adult book by the same name and have become a regular feature of my newsletter, Kat’s Pajamas. They’re also the basis for my popular “Happy Class,” which you can book on demand today! My latest list will always be below!
Zinnias (the cheeriest flowers that in the garden grow)
Fat Bear Week (Congratulations to Backpack, this year’s winner.)
Those first crisp, cool mornings of fall
Gray, drizzly days for writing
The aroma of camp fires on the evening air
Bat eared foxes
After-dark dog walks on cool, autumn evenings when you need a sweatshirt
The fact that Northern Illinois is turning sixty self-storage facility rooftops into community solar sites—serving 6,150 households and generating clean electricity without using acres of open land for panels (Instead of asking, “Where can we find more land for solar?” they are asking, “How much useful space have we already built and aren’t using?”)
Scary movies, both new and old favorites
Ghost stories
Sleeping snuggled under blankets with the windows open on chilly autumn nights
Geese flying overhead
Friends who jump and shriek at scary movies (I’m looking at you Debra and Darrell!)
