Last year, the lovely Jessica over at Chronically Vintage wrote a post entitled 'Ten Things That Make My Heart Beat Faster', which was in turn based on a 1956 interview with Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor in Good Housekeeping magazine.
In celebration of St Valentine's Day, I've done my own version, which I present to you below. It was tough, I can tell you, and I had to leave a lot out and stop before I got carried away. If I did it again in a week's or even a day's time, different things would probably come to my head first and it would be an almost entirely different list. But I can say that, tough as it was, it made me very happy in the process of thinking of all the things that lift my spirits, quicken my heart, make my breath catch in my throat and bring a smile to my lips.
In my usual St Valentine's Day fashion, I've aimed to make it all inclusive, picking things that hopefully everyone, including those without an individual person to call their Valentine, can identify with and enjoy... unless they happen to be a dog person...
In celebration of St Valentine's Day, I've done my own version, which I present to you below. It was tough, I can tell you, and I had to leave a lot out and stop before I got carried away. If I did it again in a week's or even a day's time, different things would probably come to my head first and it would be an almost entirely different list. But I can say that, tough as it was, it made me very happy in the process of thinking of all the things that lift my spirits, quicken my heart, make my breath catch in my throat and bring a smile to my lips.
In my usual St Valentine's Day fashion, I've aimed to make it all inclusive, picking things that hopefully everyone, including those without an individual person to call their Valentine, can identify with and enjoy... unless they happen to be a dog person...
Happy Valentine's Day, one and all.
Oh this is lovely indeed. So sweet the way you followed the theme of the original articles. Is it too much to say that your blog more often than not affects me emotionally and makes my heart beat faster? Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI won't say that it's too much - I'm flattered to hear it!
DeleteLovely post, Miss Marie!
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Thank you - I'd like to see your version one day!
DeleteThis is such a marvelous list! Many of them (thunder storms and traveling by rail) truly make my heart beat faster as well. I'm absolutely touched that you mentioned me here and that my post (which was based on Daffny's post - we've started a posting chain here! :)) inspired you to write your own. I loved writing my first one and may very well do it for future Valentine's Days well. The list of things that make my heart go pitter patter exceedingly exceeds ten. We should both aim to turn these posts in an annual event, don't you think?
ReplyDeleteTons of hugs, dear gal!
♥ Jessica
Ooh, yes, let's plan for an annual event, definitely! I could come up with ten thousand things!
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