Okay, Oscar Hammerstein had Mary Martin and Julie Andrews singing about it, while Gideon Strauss simply likes to churn out endless lists of personal preferences. My own predilections should be obvious to anyone reading this blog. But all right. Here goes. Here's my own list of things I love, in no particular order:
1. Nancy, Theresa and family
2. composing music
3. versifying psalms and biblical canticles
4. long distance train travel
5. streetcars, urban rail transit
6. pocket watches
7. bow ties
8. Greek folk music and dances
9. Romanian folk music
10. long conversations with students
11. lengthening days
12. the reformational worldview
13. Cyprus
14. upper peninsula of Michigan
15. the ordinary of the mass
16. the Psalms
17. Byzantine art and civilization
18. Heidelberg Catechism
19. genealogy
20. Renaissance choral music
21. Ste. Chapelle (Paris)
22. icons
23. Russian history, art and civilization
24. my students
25. Dooyeweerd’s philosophy
26. Genevan Psalms
27. Anglican chant
28. Art Institute of Chicago
29. used book stores
30. Ravel’s G Major Piano Concerto
31. spending time with students
32. Niagara Escarpment
33. Halton County Radial Railway
34. Royal Botanical Gardens
35. Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
36. grilled halloumi (Cypriot cheese)
37. the daily office
38. old maps
39. historical atlases
40. teaching political theory classes
41. sushi
42. kalamata olives
43. extra virgin olive oil (Greek, not Italian)
44. my former students
45. Prague, Czech Republic
46. anything written by Jim Skillen
47. foreign languages
48. Greek cuisine
49. Abraham Kuyper
50. Did I mention my students?
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