soft things

smudges
leftovers
sedatives
velvet
milk
sighs
marshmallows
far-off resonant booms
cashmere
bellies
oxygen (jim's idea)



*things to take on an island with you*


a musical saw
pinafores
binoculars
the dictionary in several languages
electricity
a friend
oil rig (jim's idea)
dessert
courage


*things with centers*


targets
russian nesting dolls
conch shells
accordians
tadpoles
chocolates
spider's web
thoughts
pinwheels
absence
the middle ear


*inborn things*


perishability
pulses
evaporation
entropy
sneezes
algebra (jim's idea)
fear of falling
wonder (wonder = curiosity + doubt)
bones


*uninteresting things*


committees
home shopping network
parking lots
taxes
many other things that are not intrinsically
uninteresting, only uninteresting to me