Waking up --
Coffee --
Breakfast --
Exercise --
Showering, bathing --
The morning paper --
Clothes --
Cigarettes --
Working --
Not working --
Bare feet --
Lunch --
Buying things --
Saving money --
Naps --
Happy hour --
Mail --
Dinner --
Using people --
Seasonal food --
Going out --
Talking --
Staying in --
Undressing --
Bed --
Weekends --
Spring --
Sports --
Gardening --
Spending the summer --
The Fourth --
Plans --
Travel: getting there --
Travel: being there --
Travel: taking pictures --
Visiting --
Boats --
Air --
Fire --
Water --
Speed --
Driving beltless --
Whistling --
Fall --
Gambling --
Scenery --
Bad words --
Winter --
Wearing fur --
Color --
Christmas --
Pampering --
Praise --
Relief --
Disasters --
Crowds --
Birds --
Dogs --
Cats --
Wild animals --
Being pregnant --
Babies --
Growing up --
Getting older --
The songs of our youth --
Cattle --
Books.

Barbara Holland takes up arms against America's current ethic of industrious virtue. We work longer than we did twenty years ago and eat more vegetables, but why get rich and live forever if our lives are gray and arduous? Holland persuades us to notice and guard the small delights that cheer our day.

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