Some things that add up to a good day

In more or less chronological order:

**A good cardiovascular workout

**Getting things crossed off to-do list

**Conversation with one's favorite brother about family matters and the bar/restaurant he runs

**Conversation about poetry with a cousin

**Conversation about art with a bartender/waiter who is actually a painter, plus wine and crab cakes

**Conversation about poetry with a poet who is also a homebrewer of beer

**Unexpectedly coming upon a performance of Christmas music by the second-oldestcontinuously-active men's singing group in the United States

**Driving home on a cold night with the roof open and the radio turned up loud

**Chinese food

**Learning that HIV infection has been cured in at least one person, and therefore it is curable

**Not forgetting to move the laundry from the washer to the dryer before bed