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Topic: most comforting sounds...
Puffins1958's photo
Sat 10/04/08 11:32 PM
Edited by Puffins1958 on Sat 10/04/08 11:33 PM

My children's heartfelt laughter

Rain on a tin roof (or anything for that matter...posted this earlier...sorry)

A strong wind through the trees

A jet flying overhead

Soft pitter-patter of footsteps in the house, because I know it is likely my children sneaking around

My truck starting on a cold winter morning

A harp

Rushing water. Any body of water (creek, brook, ocean, river, bathrub, sprinkler, faucet)

Fireworks on the 4th of July

My chainsaw or weedeater firing-up on the third pull

Cheers from a fan-based crowd when their team has scored

A crackling fire

My lover whispering to me, anything at anytime - doesn't matter what she is saying

A really creaky, wooden door that clearly needs to be oiled

and my favorite of all:

The sound of complete silence (according to Simon & Garfunkle)



WOW....What a GREAT list...

flowers

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Sat 10/04/08 11:35 PM
Good song Breathless.


Hello darkness, my old friend,
Ive come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
A neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one deared
Disturb the sound of silence.

Fools said i,you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you.
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed
In the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon God they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
And the signs said, the words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.
And whisperd in the sounds of silence

MirrorMirror's photo
Sat 10/04/08 11:36 PM

I love the sound of my Fatcat purring. This sound has a very calmimg affect on me.

I also like rain, frogs singing, my aquarium filters bubbleing & splashing, the wind blowing through tree tops,the ocean,& though I can barely remember this... the breathing of a lover sleeping peacefully next to me.

What are your favorite sounds?
biggrin the rainbiggrin

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Sat 10/04/08 11:39 PM
flowerforyou Good night everyone.

Puffins1958's photo
Sat 10/04/08 11:40 PM

flowerforyou Good night everyone.

rest well....hen

flowers

breathless1's photo
Sat 10/04/08 11:49 PM
Thanks, Puffins...

Guess you could say I'm one of those who actually "listens" around this joint.

Here's a few more of my favorite sounds:

My computer when it shouts "YOU HAVE MAIL" and it's actually from someone I WANT to hear from.

Clapping from a pleased and entertained audience.

An old clock ticking in the background.

My loose change hitting the "change bucket" in my bedroom.

Windchimes.

Metal being crushed or glass being broken.

My dishwasher running.

A high school band playing their hearts out, hopefully in unison and in tune, but if not - WHO CARES?

My paper shredder - shredding the crap outta my spam snail mail.

The infamous "DING" when the elevator I've been waiting on finally arrives.

A really good FART - talk about comforting for BOTH parties involved. laugh

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